Glenmorangie The Original

There are three good starter Single Malts that are available to everyone and available almost in any liquor store at a fairly reasonable price, Glenlivet, Glenfidich and Glenmorangie. If you've ever had a single malt then you've probably had one of these. I've always leaned towards Glenmorangie being the top of these three top brands. It's interesting that the other two come out as 12 year old but the Glenmorangie is 10, which many would consider a younger malt. Not only does it hold its own, it dominates the other two in my opinion by being more delicious and more complex.

There are lots of flavours here for sure. The nose comes in with some malty floral scents and lemony traces. The sweet deliciousness asserts itself with vanilla, caramel, hints of butterscotch and the tiniest tinge of fudge. There's of course some oak in there too, with a backdrop of almond.

The palate is big on creamy, with smooth toffee, orange and citrus zet.

The finish brings up the oak. A amazing combination of sweet and spicy linger on the tongue. More Vanilla and more almond assert themselves. Glenmorangie is definitely complex and it's hard to place some of the flavours. Perhaps it would be good to go back to it some other time and try.

Glenmorangie is a really awesome scotch and is something that we're going to buy again and again.