Glenmorangie 12 YO Malaga Cask
February 2021

Glenmorangie 12 YO Malaga Cask

Supremely balanced and deliciously sweet and syrupy thanks to a four-year finish in extremely rare Malaga casks, the highly collectable and never-to-be-repeated Glenmorangie 12 YO Malaga Cask is one of the biggest releases in Club history.

United Kingdom

Colour Dark walnut brown

Nose Astonishing, heady aroma. You’ll find syrup pudding, chocolate, cinnamon and dried fruits.

Palate A beautiful, viscous, syrupy texture in the mouth. Milk chocolate and honeycomb, along with cinnamon, ginger and dried fruits.

Finish Goes on forever. Mellow and nutty, with hints of hazelnut, honey and gentle oak.

Food Match Brown Butter Scallops with Parmesan Risotto

Overview

The area surrounding Spain’s ancient city of Malaga produces amazingly sweet fortified wines with Pedro Ximénez and Moscatel grapes. The winemaking history of the area is one of the oldest in Europe, but sadly the popularity of dessert wines fell considerably through the latter part of the 20th century, and Malaga’s sweet wine industry nearly disappeared altogether. It’s now one of the world’s rarest fortified wines, and as such Malaga casks are almost never used in Scotch whisky. Thankfully though, a new generation discovered its delights, and the winemakers get to live another day.

Glenmorangie’s Director of Whisky Creation, Dr Bill Lumsden, got his hands on a small number of incredibly hard to come by first-fill Malaga ‘dulce’ casks – the dulce being from the sweeter end of the Malaga spectrum - and imagining the multitude of sweet and syrupy tastes the casks would provide, filled them with his finest eight-year-old Bourbon matured whisky, distilled 18th February 2008.

After four years the very best Malaga casks were hand-selected for bottling in August 2020 at 47.3% ABV. Dr Bill was blown away by the whisky’s extraordinarily rich flavours. It was everything he’d hoped for… a dram that brings the sun-kissed flavours of the south of Spain to whisky lovers old and new. It's brimming with syrup pudding, milk chocolate, honeycomb and citrus fruits, along with gentle spices like cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg.

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THE SPECS

Price: $135.00

Age: 12 Years Old

ABV: 47.3%

Maturation: First matured in American oak ex-Bourbon casks, then finished for four years in first-fill Malaga 'dulce' wine casks.

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Glenmorangie's History

Glenmorangie Distillery sits on the banks of the scenic Dornoch Firth just outside the township of Tain in Ross-shire, northern Scotland. It seems the residents of Tain were a thirsty bunch, they’ve been said to have been brewing beverages in the area since the Middle Ages.

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Distillery Facts

Region: Highlands

Origin: Glenmorangie Distillery, Tain, Ross-shire, IV19 1PZ, United Kingdom

Founded: 1843

Water Source: Tarlogie Spring

Washbacks: 16 - 48,500 litres, stainless steel

Stills: 12 (6 wash, 6 spirit)

Capacity: 6,000,000 litres per annum

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