Glenallachie Meikle Toir The Sherry One - 700 ml

Meikle Tòir "The Sherry One" is an artisanal peated single malt Scotch whisky produced by The GlenAllachie Distillery in Aberlour, Speyside, Scotland. Crafted under the vision of legendary Master Distiller Billy Walker, Meikle Tòir (Scottish Gaelic for "The Big Pursuit") represents GlenAllachie’s dedicated exploration of peated distillation. While Speyside is traditionally famous for unpeated, fruity malts, Walker set aside a small window each year to produce peated spirit using mainland St. Fergus peat. "The Sherry One" pairs this earthy, mainland peat smoke with Walker’s hallmark mastery of sherry wood maturation.

Spirit Description

The Sherry One is crafted from mainland Scottish peat harvested from St. Fergus in Aberdeenshire, which lends a softer, sweeter, tree-and-heather smoke profile compared to the medicinal, maritime peat of Islay. The spirit undergoes a lengthy fermentation of approximately 160 hours to build deep ester complexity before distillation. After an initial maturation in American oak ex-bourbon casks, the whisky undergoes secondary maturation in hand-selected first-fill Pedro Ximénez (PX) and Oloroso sherry puncheons and hogsheads. The whisky is bottled with natural color and non-chill filtered at a peated level of roughly 35 ppm.

• Colour: Rich burnished mahogany with deep chestnut reflections.

• Aroma: Warm, sweet, and smoky. Opens with rich dark chocolate, medjool dates, and sultanas, followed by campfire ash, sweet peat smoke, toasted honeycomb, and subtle cinnamon spice.

• Palate: Full-bodied, velvety, and rich on the entry. Luscious dark berries, treacle toffee, and plum pudding are enveloped in earthy mainland peat smoke, roasted coffee beans, dark cocoa, and orange zest.

• Body: Full-bodied with a viscous, coating mouthfeel driven by heavy sherry cask extraction.

• Finish: Long, warm, and lingering, trailing off with persistent sweet peat embers, dried figs, dark chocolate, and drying sherry oak tannins.

• ABV: Bottled at 48% ABV, non-chill filtered and natural color.