The most recent semi-experimental Scotch from Glenmorangie‘s “A Story of…” sequence is, on the floor, an apparent one: Spice notes are endemic to single malt Scotch, so it is sensible that Dr. Invoice Lumsden would attempt to amp them up with this providing, the sixth bottling within the long-running assortment.
Designed to imitate a spice market. Glenmorangie A Story of Spices is “constituted of a wedding of Glenmorangie completed in 4 totally different cask varieties for the primary time.” These casks embrace new charred oak, Pedro Ximénez sherry casks, and shaved, toasted crimson wine casks (STR casks). The fourth cask is an experimental one — Moroccan crimson wine casks.
Dr Invoice stated: “I’ve at all times cherished the number of colors and aromas I’ve present in spice markets across the globe. Some years in the past, Grasp Blender Gillian Macdonald and I experimented with Moroccan crimson wine casks for the primary time and have become captivated by the aromatic, spiced notes that they imparted to our whisky. From there, we created an uncommon cask recipe of recent charred oak, Pedro Ximénez sherry casks and shaved, toasted crimson wine casks to create a mosaic of flavours. Every sip of this restricted version is like immersing your self within the sensory delights of a spice market – with new flavours and aromas at each flip. There are complicated, earthy notes of ginger, nutmeg and cumin, with candy floral hints and sugared almonds floating excessive. A sensory delight for single malt lovers to discover and luxuriate in.”
Massive guarantees there; let’s see the way it works out.
Glenmorangie “A Story of Spices” Overview
First impressions shock: This doesn’t nostril as significantly spicy, although the crimson wine barrels (contemporary and stripped) make an impression immediately. This doesn’t come throughout with any significantly fragrant herbaceousness, however fairly a chewy, doughy character that I typically affiliate with crimson wine or Marsala barrels. Daring cereal and nougat notes provide an vague maltiness, leathery and hemp-like.
The palate continues that boldly malty theme with notes of floor almonds and almond milk, coconut husks, and oily wooden. Once more, it isn’t significantly spicy apart from some notes of saffron and inexperienced cardamom, with a evenly tannic high quality enduring. I didn’t discover a lot of something within the official tasting notes at play right here, which run from nutmeg to ginger to rose, although the end does discover a fleeting floral high quality earlier than retreating to its intensely ropey, barnyard-like qualities.
It’s by no means unhealthy; it’s simply not memorable in any means, particularly when in comparison with a few of the different delights on this sequence.
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Glenmorangie “A Story of Spices”
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