Glenmorangie Grand Vintage 1997:
Seventh in the Bond House No. 1 Collection – a selection of the distillery’s most prized parcels specifically chosen for ageing in unique barrels – Grand Vintage Malt 1997 is Glenmorangie’s first to be aged in rare Bordeaux wine casks.Inviting a greater synergy between whisky and wine, this vintage is uniquely finished in casks from the prestigious Château Montrose estate in Saint-Estèphe, Bordeaux. Aged for 23 years, it offers a lively and floral expression of Glenmorangie.Tasting Notes:Colour: deep ocher On the nose: An amazing, fruity-perfumed complexity. Nose: Floral notes of roses, jasmine and cloves mix with aromas of red berries, mint toffee, pastries or cakes and top notes of sweets. With a little water, more mild, floral notes of roses and cloves emerge, with a subtle spiciness of sweet chilli, cloves and ginger.Palate: slightly tingling, gently spicy taste is followed by a symphony of sweet candy flavours, red berry fruits with pineapple and pear and mandarin wedges in fruit jelly. With sweet notes of ginger and chilli, fine marzipan and candied apples.Finish: sweet, rich, long and delicately spicy.