Honey and caramel sweetness with some peppery oak and deep citrus notes. The wealthy finish has a hint of raisins and walnuts. This rare expression of Glenmorangie is a good looking deep gold colour. It’s distinctive from the Ten Years Old – even supposing the floral bouquet and citrus notes are still present – and avoids the heavy ‘darkness’ of alternative aged malts. It spends a final period of maturation in Sherry wood, which lends a round richness.
For a whisky of this age this expression has maintained, way to our delicate floral spirit and fine Oloroso casks, an unbelievable degree of vibrancy where the raisiny sweetness of the sherry has been toned down by the nuttiness of the American oak.
Glenmorangie 18 Years Old slips like silk over the tongue with a full, rounded flavour, starting with grapefruit & orange. The palate is then entranced with an accord of melting honey, creamy malt and aromatic florals that segue into the nice and cozy, syrupy nuttiness of hazelnuts and walnuts from the Oloroso sherry casks wherein the whisky is matured. Savour the wealthy, sticky date and fig flavours as they’re heightened by the unexpected caress of woodsmoke.
With water, 18 Years Old reveals a wealthy oaken, balsamic character that yields to soft vanilla. At this moment, the signature Glenmorangie fruity complex reveals itself in golden apricots and dates mingled with hazelnuts