The GlenAllachie 2012 Vintage Cuvée Wine Cask Finish comes in

The GlenAllachie Distillery, spearheaded by Scotch whisky icon Billy Walker, has introduced their latest new product innovation named The GlenAllachie 2012 Vintage Cuvée Wine Cask Finish.

A French term ‘Cuvée’ is used in the wine sector to refer to a blend that typically comprises more than one variety of grape.

The 9-year-old (UK RRSP £53.99) beverage marries single malt finished in casks that previously held four types of premium European red wine: Languedoc, Recioto Della Valpolicella and two undisclosed Premier Cru Classés.

The Speyside-based distillery has applied the description to whisky “by combining single malt matured in wine casks from multiple wineries.”

The whisky is the product of primary maturation in American oak ex-Bourbon barrels. The spirit underwent over 20 months of additional aging in the various wine barriques within the distillery’s on-site warehouses.

The casks were expertly obtained from four fine wineries located in world-renowned regions in France and Italy. The Languedoc casks are said to impart notes of “red fruits, sweet spices and garden herbs”; whilst the Recioto Della Valpolicella, produced in Verona, Italy, contributes “ripe cherries, coconut shavings, liquorice and raspberry coulis”; and the Premier Cru Classé wood brings “blackcurrant, espresso coffee and wild truffle” to the table.

Bottled at 48 percent ABV, the golden bronze colour liquid is presented without added colouring and is unchill-filtered; a philosophy that the distillery proudly adopts across all its products.

The whisky has a nose bursting with orange blossom, espresso, maraschino cherries and honeysuckle, with hints of candied stone fruits, hazelnuts, lavender and cinnamon.

The taste of the whisky reflects waves of dark chocolate, red currants and burnt coffee beans, followed by crystalised almonds, blackberries and orange zest, with ginger and liquorice on the finish.