Glenmorangie - A Tale of Winter Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

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Bill Lumsden’s experimentation continues with the latest Glenmorangie limited edition expression, the successor to last year’s Marsala cask-finished A Tale of Winter: A Tale of the Forest. It’s the first-ever whisky crafted from barley kilned with rare woodland botanicals.

As it’s a Highland distillery and not one from the isles, peat is not the usual fuel—except here, where not only does Glenmorangie roast their barley with peat, but adds all sorts of other interesting olfactory botanicals including juniper berries, birch bark, rowan berries and even heather flowers. It was then aged ex-bourbon barrels for an unspecified time. 

Rustic and wild on the nose, with barrel char, burnt-rubber smokiness, and raspberry and green banana emerging. Rich, full, and honey-textured on a palate of milk chocolate, almond nuttiness, and spice, with notes of dried leaves and old oak. Dark rather than bright, with the cask influence lending a certain profundity. Spice and tobacco leaf accent a finish of dried dark fruits and more chocolate, with cherry and spice at the end.

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