Name: Glenmorangie 12 – Quinta Ruban
Color: Light Brown
Nose: Malt, sweet rum notes, green grass
Taste: Malt, sugar cane, flowers, berries
Glenmorangie is a Highland whisky from Tain, Scotland and was founded around 1703 with various ownerships over the year. The name is Scottish Gaelic and is believed to translate to “vale of tranquility” or “vale of big meadows”.
Glenmorangie 12 Quinta Ruban expression is bottled at 46% abv and is age for 10 years in American white oak cask and then finished in Quintas port pipes to age further for flavor. Port pipes are the largest casks available.
Nice balance with the port finish but the sweetness tasted more like rum and sugar cane to me. A better tasting whisky for the overall flavor profile than the sister expression Lasanta, plus it has a higher proof, so more bang for the buck. However, it is just a little too sugary tasting for my preference when it comes to a scotch.
Other expressions are: Original, Lasanta, Nectar D’Or, 18, 19, 25, Signet, Pride 1981, Pride 1978, Pride 1974, and Grand Vintage Malt 1990, Sonnalta PX, Finealta, Artein, Ealanta, Companta, Tùsail, Milsean, Bacalta, Spios, Allta, Tarlogan, Tayne, Duthac, Dornoc, Cadboll, Astar, A Midwinter Night’s Dram, Cadboll Estate, and Taghta.
Priced around $60-70 and worth money if you like the taste profile and feel a 12 year is worth the price of a 14- to 16-year-old scotch
If you like it, drink it! – Christopher
If you like it, drink it!
