Glenmorangie "Port Wood Finish"Single Malt (12 Years) Spirits Single Malt Whisky www.Wineglobe.com

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Glenmorangie "Port Wood Finish"Single Malt (12 Years)
Highland, Scotland

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Product Notes:
A remarkable malt, antique gold in colour: golden but with a rosy hue. This whisky has been matured for at least 12 years in American white oak casks and racked for several years into Ruby Port pipes for 'finishing'.
WineGlobe Tasting Note:
With a drop of water, the key aromas are of butterscotch and dark chocolate, but with fresh, minty notes and a trace of dryness, like lint. There is some sandalwood here, and citric fruit"oranges, perhaps tangerine"even a hint of allspice. With a little more water, lighter scents begin to emerge: grass and hay, hazelnuts and candied peel. The mouth-feel is voluptuously smooth, like sipping velvet. The entire palate is engaged"a most interesting and complex balance of sweet and dry flavours. The bitter chocolate, noted as an aroma is apparent, and the fresh minty-ness. In the satisfying, lingering finish a hint of port reveals itself for the first time, this and walnuts. A remarkable whisky, perfect after a good meal, or to savour at any time

About Estate:
In the early 1840s the tenancy of Morangie Farm was taken up by a certain William Matheson. Since the late 1820s he had been a partner in the Balbair Distillery at Edderton. He first applied for and acquired his license to distil in 1843, but it was not until November 1849 that he began to produce whisky.
Glenmorangie: Matheson had simply converted the old brewery building into his distillery, and this was to remain at the heart of the operation until its eventual replacement by the main part of the present structure at the end of the 19th Century. He had plans for the development of his premises, but these had never quite managed to get off the drawing board. In the 1880s, the original brewery was still using pot stills of a very old-fashioned style and yet managed to produce about 20000 gallons of whisky each year.

Food Pairing:
Single malt Scotch: a delight usually refrained from until after dinner. Most popular pairing: the cigar

About Varietal:
Single malt whisky is a whisky which is distilled at a single distillery, and which is made completely from a single type of malted grain, traditionally barley, (although there are also single malt rye whiskies). Most single malt whiskies are distilled using a pot still. Single malts are produced all over the world, but the best known single malts come from Scotland, Ireland and Japan.

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