{"product_id":"glenmorangie-12-yo-malaga-cask-finish","title":"Glenmorangie 12 YO Malaga Cask","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e 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 \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/scotch\"\u003eScotch whisky\u003c\/a\u003e. Thankfully though, a new generation discovered its delights, and the winemakers get to live another day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/glenmorangie\"\u003eGlenmorangie\u003c\/a\u003e’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 \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/bourbon-whiskey\"\u003eBourbon\u003c\/a\u003e matured whisky, distilled 18th February 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter 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 \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003esyrup pudding\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003emilk chocolate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehoneycomb\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ecitrus fruits\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, along with gentle spices like \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ecinnamon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eginger\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003enutmeg\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrders for Glenmorangie 12 Year Old Malaga Cask have closed. Sign Up Free to Australia's biggest whisky community now to get incredible single malt whiskies delivered straight to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gaFOLu8fSm0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Glenmorangie Distillery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46489932070991,"sku":"WC0193","price":135.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/1185\/7487\/files\/glenmorangiemalaga_pdp_main.png?v=1787701143","url":"https:\/\/thewhiskyclub.com.au\/products\/glenmorangie-12-yo-malaga-cask-finish","provider":"The Whisky Club AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}