GlenAllachie Pedro Ximénez Sherry Finish aged 11 years Single Malt Scotch Review by WhiskyJason
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- WhiskyJason reviews GlenAllachie Pedro Ximénez Sherry Wood Finish 11 Jahre Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Glenallachie Pedro Ximenez Wood Finish is part of the Wood Finish Series. This 11-year-old Glenallachie Single Malt Scotch was first matured in American oak casks and then received its finish in Pedro Ximenez sherry casks.
Whiskybase ID WB192597
Category Single Malt
Distillery Glenallachie
Bottling serie Pedro Ximénez Sherry Wood Finish
Bottled 2021
Stated Age 11 years old
Casktype Pedro Ximénez Sherry Wood Finish
Strength 48.0 % Vol.
Modern sherry casks used for the whisky industry are seasoned and not traditional casks to bottle wine. Those can’t be legally used since the 1980s. I’ve read some articles questioning the quality of the sherry wine that’s used. This sherry wine used to season is then discharged to produce vinegar or brandy.
unfortunately true
I'm interested in this review because I'm interested in the insane hype surrounding GlenAllachie right now. We have to have have this sort of think in the whisky community and the never ending obsession with anything dark in a bottle continues unabated regardless of our supposedly improved knowledge of all things whisky. So, Jason (my friendly hat is on by the way - peace, peace), Pedro Ximenez grapes are not produced around Jerez or the Cadiz region in general. They are grown in the Cordoba region around the town of Montilla (which is the origin of the word Amontillado). They use Pedro Ximenez for all their wines which cannot legally be called sherry any more even though they produce fino, amontillado, palo cortado, oloroso and, obviously, Pedro Ximenez. The hotter inland climate of Cordoba is better suited for the production and drying of grapes intended for sweet wine. The big sherry bodegas in Cadiz import sweet PX from the Montilla bodegas in the Cordoba region. Very interesting about the cask prices.
I guess the GlenAllachie 15 is your wheelhouse but I thought it was 'okay' at best. Excellent review and insights which tells me what I wanted to know. Cheers Jason. WT
I was really enjoying drinking sherry wine and discerning the differences, but I had to take a screenshot of you comment here to keep track of this information. I don't know much about wine but this sherry thing seems like a fantastic academic exercise for my memory skills.
Two towns, 2 grapes , 5 aging methods and variations on tasting notes....wow it's hard to keep straight. Not to mention other fortified wines.
I like a good Manzanilla or Fino whisky. But I'm not of fan of finishing, secondary maturations and seasoned casks as a theory. But this is the whisky business of the current year.
I have the port and the rye finished Glenallachie 12 and 10 year olds. The Port is an easy drinker but double the price of other core 12 year olds????? Glad it was a gift.
The rye finished 10 which is the same price as the 15 is a much more interesting dram. It's relatively more complex and funky in the glass with a bigger hit of distillery malt character.
I have Madeira finished whiskys and non-specified sherry matured, but no PX aside from the recent Cairdeas.
Even with all the talk on the Tube, PX is still a bit rare on the shelf.
Is there a difference between PX and Pedro Ximénez Sherry??
thanks for the additional info - still learning and trying to understand
Pedro Ximénez is most widely grown in Spain, where there were 6,950 hectares (17,200 acres) of the grape in cultivation as of 2019. The vast majority of these plantings are found in the Spanish wine region of Montilla-Moriles where the grapes are used to make fortified style wines labelled as PX. Sherry producers in Jerez de la Frontera will often (legally) purchase Pedro Ximénez wine from the Montilla-Moriles region to blend into their sweet Sherry wine (Wikipedia)
@@WhiskyJason1 Jason, I think they are not different things.
My interest in sherry started with the series of videos that Erik Wait did last summer. He found and included some maps and diagrams of the different sherry aging processes.
I wound up buying 7-8 different bottles, mostly from Lustau. They seem a bit mass-produced. But at $10-20, why not.
The best I can figure for why so cheap is supply and demand. No body is really drinking these funky wines here in the US. Oloroso appears to be the mellow one of the bunch, and PX which I handed out to a few people after dinner was not to anyone's liking. The Manzanilla or Paolo Cortado are the most interesting IMHO
@@WhiskyJason1 I'm fortunate to have visited the great bodegas in Montilla and when you are in the region of Cordoba, including the city itself, you will be corrected if you ask for a glass of sherry. The Pedro Ximenez grape is used to make all the different styles from fino through to sweet PX. Interestingly, they don't need to fortify their darker wines, such as Oloroso, because they reach the higher alcoholic strength naturally. You will be told that it wont give you a hangover unlike the sherry from Cadiz Sherry Triangle.
The sweet PX is used for blending in the medium sherry wines in the sherry triangle such as Cream but it's often used to cut the edge off an amontillado or oloroso. The sherry bodegas can buy it in to age and bottle it themselves under their own brand names. It's also used this way in the production of Malaga wine where it is blended with Moscatel.
Good review Jason, enjoyed the comparison. Still got a closed bottle of Glendronach 15 which I bought in 2015. Slàinte
The Glendronach 15 from 2015 is a totally different beast - ENJOY!
Great review. I like your candid honesty on everything you try....I just wonder what you do with all that awful whisk(e)y that you buy. :). My favorite PX whiskies are from Islay. I am pushing into the upper end of the price max here but I'm going to fall back on the suggested retail pricing which DOES fall under your limit of $100 US(?). First is the Kilchoman 100% Islay PX Cask which is to die for. The second is the Laphroaig Cairdeas PX 2021 that you recently reviewed. It is so rich and thick and delicious. Cheers.
It is called - bottle shares - people buy 5 or 10cl samples from me
Glen Scotia 15 is the best 15yr scotch.
maybe :-)
So far I've been passing on the wood finish releases of Glenallachie. The Rioja/Grattamacco/Sauternes trio were the last that made it to Bulgaria in the end of 2021. I've been thinking about buying the 11 yo Moscatel, the 12 Sauternes and the 13 yo Rioja but still haven't pulled the trigger on neither😀
Glenallachie and Arran are the single malt scotch whiskies with the best price/quality ratio here, IMHO.
Glenallachie 12 yo is among the top 12 yo malts in my book. I have tasted bottles from 2018 and 2020 and absolutely love it. As for the stocking on Glenallachie, I've been doing it for one year now😀 Quality is there, prices are right so it is a no brainer for me. Plus, even if Billy Walker doesn't retire or sell the distillery any time soon, the spirit that is being distilled since 2017 at Glenallachie is made by new recipe and is said to be quite different from the old spirit that comes in the current releases. I reckon we'll have to wait at least some 4-5 years before any spirit distilled during Billy Walker's time hits the shelves but rest assured the whisky will not be the same as the one we buy now.
Cheers!
VERY TRUE - the spirit that is being distilled since 2017 at Glenallachie is made by new recipe and is said to be quite different from the old spirit
Love your videos. Trying to find in the US and the 15 is well north of $100. Is it worth it? I’m not sure
What else could you get for that $100 instead??
Your videos are an education...🥃🥃🥃
Glad you like them!
Hi Jason, which PX do you rank highest? Best for the buck? Any Irish whit characteristic raisin flavors?
sorry I dont review px sherry