Price: $95 for 750ml

Distilled/Owned by: Glenmorangie / LVHM

Region: Highland

46% ABV

Aged For: NAS

Mashbill: 100% malted barley

Cask Type: Ex-rye casks

Chill Filtered: No

Color Added: Yes

 

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Color: Straw

Drank: Neat, in a glencairn

Nose: Clove and spice with vanilla, honey, bread crust, pears, and oak

Feel:Light to medium body

Taste: Vanilla, malt, pepper, oak, leather, clove, and cinnamon

Finish: Malt, chocolate, slightly dry, oak, light to medium warmth, medium length, herbal at the very end

Thoughts: I like the flavors imparted by the rye casks to Glenmorangie’s malt, but this could have been amazing at Cask Strength with and age statement.

Score: 81 out of 100