Glenmorangie 10-Year The Original
40% ABV - Highlands, Scotland
Nose: Sweet fruits and baked apple pie with a dusting of cinnamon. Light spices, citrus, and vanilla. Touch of oak.
Taste: Ripe orchard fruits, green grapes, vanilla, honey, and spices. Slight amount of floral and fresh cut grass in the background.
Finish: Soft fruits, oak and spices.
This is the third bottle of the Glenmorangie 10-year that I have bought but it’s the first time that I am reviewing it. I feel like it has become a staple on my shelf. It’s an easy one to select when I’m in the mood for something light and refreshing, it’s a great bottle to introduce people to whisky with, and it’s fairly affordable for an age statement on a single malt scotch.
Although it’s my third bottle, it’s the first one I have purchased (of any Glenmorangie) with the new labelling that really divides the name up into GLEN, MO, RAN, and GIE. It really does stand out compared to other bottles now and the many expressions do look nice all lined up, but I can’t but feel they are marketing a mispronounciation of the distillery name. I was taught it should be pronounced glen-morng-ee… kind of like you are saying "orange-y". Perhaps if I visit the distillery one day I can set it straight. Yes, I should book my tickets to Scotland right now!
Details: Matured for 10 years in first- and second-fill ex-Bourbon casks.
Tasting Notes (Official): Smooth, creamy and luscious with notes of orange, honey, vanilla and peach.
Tasted 30 November 2023. (Posted 8 February 2024.)
