Alt A Bhainne 1980 Cadenhead's

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 24 Year Old 1993 for MMM

For the third release in our Antarctica Series, photographer Ilse Everaert allowed us to use a magnificent photo of Paradise Bay. But with these hot temperatures, we also wanted to offer something of a summery whisky. In our (not so) humble opinion, we succeeded. Please meet our 24 years old Allt-A-Bhainne, a malt of which owner Chivas does not...

Score 85/100

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 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