Closing the chapter on their Legacy Series are 2,500 beautiful bottles of Torabhaig’s Allt Gleann Batch Strength, each one showing how far this distillery has come since 2017. It's like the grand finale of a captivating novel, leaving us yearning for more.
When Torabhaig began distilling, it was the first new distillery on the iconic Isle of Skye for 190 years, and only the second to focus on Single Malt. After much renovation and experimentation, their signature well-tempered peat style has really taken shape producing robust drams with serious smoke and brine.
This release is, ‘our way of bidding a fond farewell to Allt Gleann’ says Whiskymaker Neil Macleod Mathieson and it’s, ‘the last time we’ll get to see this specific style of Torabhaig, so we set aside a few hundred casks of this expression distilled during the experimental phases of 2017 and 2018 to release at its natural strength’.
That natural strength is a lip-smacking 61.1% with unforgettable punch behind it. Torabhaig's Allt Gleann Batch Strength draws inspiration from the dramatic landscape of crashing waves and salt and seaweed scented air, truly capturing the essence of the Isle.
It’s a confident whisky, with the rugged intensity of the peat smoke and brine blending with the refinement of the floral fragrance. The vanilla-led oaky spice is a comfort from nose to finish, with touches of green apple and subtle grain throughout.
It’s full of the Torabhaig character and complexity that we’ve come to expect, and with the confidence of a distillery that’s been around for far longer than they have too, which has to make us wonder, what’s next for Torabhaig?
You can try and pick up your bottle of Allt Gleann Batch Strength today whilst stocks last from the Torabhaig site where it’s priced at £75.