Allt-a-Bhainne 11 Year Old 1995 Provenance Douglas Laing

Allt-A-Bhainne 1991 17 Year Old

Signatory Vintage 17 yr 22/09/95 – 01/02/13 Two hogsheads Allt A Bhainne was a distillery that has not been on my radar for very long if I'm honest. To the extent I actually had to look up how to pronounce the name (Ollt-err-VANE). This is a Signatory bottling and it seems most of the spirit produced by the distillery is used for Chivas Regal and...

Score 83/100

Allt-A-Bhainne 18 Year Old Malts of Scotland

I’ve never tasted a whisky from this Speyside distillery and that shouldn’t come as a surprise, since there are (as far as I was able to ascertain) no official releases. The only semi-official bottle is the 12 Year Old Deerstalker. So my first encounter with Allt-A-Bhaine will be through the independent bottler from Germany Malts of Scotland. By...

Score 79/100

Allt-A-Bhainne Murray McDavid 1996 12 Year Old

Colour in the bottle is much darker than expected, but once in the glass shows lighter chardonnary colour. Nose is quite closed, reminds me of the Daluaine (flora & fauna) ... a little gym locker room smell. A lot of spiciness at first taste of fresh oak moving to a light apple-y fruitiness.

Score 70/100

Allt-A-Bhainne Signatory 1995 17YO

Another obscure distillery to cross off my checklist. This is probably the palest whisky I've ever seen - especially strange when thinking that it's aged 17 years. The nose is of freshly sliced green apples with a toffee edge. I get heather, lavender, a touch of citrus and after several nosings a bit of spiciness and even cinnamon. Looks can be...

Score 90/100