This is the 12 year old, Sherry cask finished expression from Glenmorangie, dubbed The Lasanta. It first matures in bourbon casks before being moved over to Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez Sherry casks for a finishing period. Plenty rich and creamy with dark chocolate, dried fruit and fresh honey.
Plum and baking spice supported by milk chocolate raisin, caramel and toasty oak.
A dash of tart raspberry coulis leads into a generous helping of sherried dried fruit, with orange marmalade, toasted nuts and berry jam. Sweeter notes of brown sugar and cereal notes appear.
Silky and long, with oily orange peel, cinnamon and hazelnut praline, rounded off by bitter dark chocolate.
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Too much cherry, i rather have the original 10 years. I drink my whisky with soda water most of the times and this cherry flavour it's completely out of place.
The best single malt I’ve enjoyed in many years ,without peer in price bracket.
Anyone that ranks this lower than 4.5 is being disingenuous. This is a phenomenal scotch. People may have this posh view of the scotch world and see Glemorangie as "beneath them"; well, guess what? This scotch is absolutely delectable and well worth the price point (50 bucks in California) , it's like desert scotch. Sweet, delectable and figgy, with a bit of vanilla custard. I'd put this up against Macallan 12, and say this mag be a bit better. Beautiful scotch.
Good dram but I cant help but feel the it could have been finished in the Sherry casks for a couple more years. The flavors would have been enhanced. Still a smooth and warming sipper.
The nose is rich and inviting, smooth and in no way challenging or spiky. The sherry influence is clear, deep vanilla and butterscotch notes mix with a deep plummy fruityness. On the taste, it's quite jammy with red fuit notes alongside some orange citrus. Behind the initial dark sugar and fruit sweetness comes a darker more tanin note of cocoa, hazlenuts and some warming spice from the casks - perhaps a hint of clove and allspice. The finish lasts a long time, warming and deep - the nutty notes come more to the fore alongside that bitter dark chocolate note. Delicious stuff at a good price
