46°
Distillery : Glenmorangie - Highlands
1st Fill and Refill Ex-Bourbon Casks
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2014
Unchillfiltered
Totally Unpeated
In 2009, the distillery launched the Private Edition, a range of limited editions with experimental attempts at maturation that are always different. In 2014, for Private Edition n°6, Tùsail, which means Native in Gaelic, the novelty lies in the barley. It's Maris Otter, a winter barley that has been widely grown since the late 1960s and fell into disuse in the early 1990s. This barley was harvested in 2004, malted by hand in the traditional way and then distilled. The result was aged for around ten years in Bourbon casks. The whisky produced went on sale at the very beginning of 2015. Today, it seems that this range has been abandoned, after ten experiments. The last one was released at the beginning of 2019, and nothing since.
Let's Taste It :
Hay, vanilla, and an appealingly salty-iodised touch. Malted cereals, dry earth and crisp corn. Some floral, violet hints. Salted butterscotch. Fairly clean stable, with the smell of wood wafting about. A whiff of smoke. Rose Loukoum with icing sugar. Limestone. On the palate, it's immediately spicy, full of character, with pepper, some white fruits and banana. Behind, a pinch of salt. Prickly pear. The finish is sweet, with candy sugar, quite long, cereal-like, but a little dry at the end. Slight bitterness.
In Short,
I liked the nose, with a nice balance between light fruits and iodine, floral fragrances and a sweet touch. On the other hand, the palate seemed too spicy, and the slightly bitter finish wasn't to my taste either. That said, it remains a curiosity, and it's interesting to taste it. However, I would never invest the asking price for this bottle.
Score : 84
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Tanita Tikaram - Twist in My Sobriety
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