Glenmorangie
Fact Sheet
Founded: 1843
Current owner: LVMH
Stills: 6 wash, 6 spirit
Capacity: 6 million litres per year
Location: Tain, Ross-shire
Website: www.glenmorangie.com
Notable Facts: Glenmorangie is the best-selling single malt in Scotland and one of the top selling malts in the world. The distillery has the talles still in Scotland.
Bottlings
April 4, 2012
I don’t think this dram has changed much in the past 38 months. Decent nose but non-descript palate. – Score: 72/100
February 12, 2012
Surprisingly gentle, to the verge of feeling watery. The whisky steps into the background here. But it’s a nice dram, not more, not less. – Rating: 83/100
October 27, 2010
A sweet creamy and fruity malt with a slight spiciness that is quite a nice dram, both complex and unoffensive. But like many Glenmorangies the price is a little too high to make it a bargain – Rating: 85/100
September 30, 2010
The nose is a bit shy, but on the palate this whisky delivers a lot of interesting aromas. Quite smooth and creamy at 46% but a few drops of water bring out even more flavours. – Rating: 85/100
August 24, 2010
This malt is rich, creamy and fruity with a lot of flavours to explore. Although I quite like it, I miss that little extre something that is hard to grasp. – Rating: 83/100
April 25, 2010
An excellent malt with a luscious mouthfeel, very complex but still gentle on the palate. If you like fruity malts and don’t care about the ultra premium price. – Score: 91/100
April 24, 2010
Nice and fruity, but a bit too sweet for my taste. If you like sweet malts, this one is not to be missed, but I prefer the drier varieties. – Score: 80/100
March 16, 2010
Very smooth and fruity, perhaps a tad on the sweet side. Enjoyable but not overly complex. – Score: 82/100
February 7, 2010
A very good malt, well-balanced, full-bodied and very complex. But I think the price is a bit too much on the expensive side. – Score: 87/100
August 25, 2009
The nose is in 80+ territory but the palate just doesn’t live up to it. Nice for just sipping, but notthing really worth to remember. – Score: 71/100
Mentioned in These Articles
May 17, 2012
A summary of the Scotch single malt blind tasting competition
March 28, 2012
The aftermath of World Whisky Day
December 15, 2011
The age-old debate about what should be done with whisky has recently be been regurgitated once again. I feel compelled to throw in my tuppence here because I feel both views make up the two sides of a coin.
October 10, 2011
I received an invitation for this year’s Whisky Show organized by The Whisky Exchange at Vinopolis in London. Even though it was not quite easy to fit this into my schedule, I decided to accept anyway.
July 22, 2011
This is an entirely subjective collection of whisky pricing monstrosities that I have come across in the past months.
June 16, 2011
Educating people about whisky is a good thing, and many writers try to do so. But are all of them knowledgeable enough to take on this task?
May 18, 2011
Stewart Buchanan, the distillery manager of Benriach held a tasting of his whiskies at the Spirit of Speyside Festival. It started out as your usual distillery tasting, but it turned into something very special.
April 12, 2011
Looking for that special whisky gift? Here is the Glenmorangie Pride 1981. A 28 year old single malt with an extremely tight limitation of 1000 bottles very affordably priced at only €2750.
October 17, 2010
Year of Birth: 1966
Place of Residence: Meckenheim, Germany
Profession: Wine and spirits trade
Whisky Involvement: Independent bottler, importer
October 8, 2010
Year of Birth: 1957
Place of Residence: Malmö, Sweden
Profession: Writer and Publisher
Whisky Involvement: Malt Whisky Yearbook
September 29, 2010
Year of Birth: 1973
Place of Residence: Guilford, CT, USA
Profession: Sales and Marketing Manager
Whisky Involvement: Society president, blogger
September 6, 2010
Among whisky lovers there is a constant debate on how whisky has changed over the years. It is not recommendable to generalize. And to answer the question prematurely: “Yes, but all of it”
June 30, 2010
A guest article by Keith Wood of www.whisky-emporium.com
June 16, 2010
Single malt Scotch whisky is regarded by many as being superior to blended whisky. This is largely due to two notions:
May 22, 2010
Finally we have come to the last of the eight working distilleries on Islay, Ardbeg. What might surprise some of you is that Ardbeg actually is the smallest of the seven “old” Islay distilleries in terms of capacity and bottles sold per year.
January 31, 2010
Experiments have always played a role in whisky making, especially since the single malt boom took off in the late 1980s and early 1990s. With about a hundred distilleries in Scotland alone, it became neccessary to stand out from the crowd.
November 12, 2009
In the first three parts of this series I looked at Glenmorangie, Ardbeg and the SMWS. Now let’s try
Putting it All Together
November 11, 2009
Glenmorangie plc bought the SMWS just a few months before they sold everything to LVMH, plenty of room for speculations here. Anyway, what exactly is the SMWS?
November 11, 2009
Glemorangie plc bought Ardbeg in 1997 and re-opened the distillery that had been mothballed since 1981, with just a low level production between 1989 and 1996. After the relaunch, Ardbeg managed to attract a huge following of whisky enthusiats because of various reasons.
November 10, 2009
In October 2004, French luxury goods conglomerate Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton S.A (LVMH) bought Glenmorangie plc from the Macdonald family who had been in possession of the company since 1918. The portfolio included Glenmorangie, Ardbeg and Glen Moray distilleries as well as the Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS).
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