Because the successor to the discontinued Personal Version line, Glenmorangie’s “Story” sequence continues the custom of experimentation and innovation for which whisky-maker, Dr. Invoice Lumsden, is so well-known. That mentioned, final yr’s Marsala-finished Story of Winter wasn’t precisely a groundbreaking single malt. For this yr’s Story of the Forest, nevertheless, Glenmorangie has introduced the world one thing altogether distinctive.
In an interview with Dr. Invoice over the summer season, he alluded to this newest Glenmorangie launch and a few controversy that briefly surrounded its creation. The Scotch Whisky Affiliation, the regulatory physique for Scotch whisky, had apparently gotten nervous when Dr. Invoice launched the concept of utilizing botanicals on this single malt, though botanicals have traditionally been utilized in Scotch whisky manufacturing. “That’s how I lastly received away with it,” Invoice informed us. Impressed by his love of hill strolling and the forests close to his house, Story of the Forest was designed to replicate the sensations of the outside by incorporating a portion of barley kilned with Scottish botanicals like juniper, birch bark, heather, and rowan berries. It’s unclear precisely how this woodland-inspired barley was integrated into the ultimate spirit, however the single malt produced from it was reportedly aged in ex-bourbon casks. Let’s take a stroll within the woods, lets?
The nostril is straight away distinctive and interesting. It’s a bit smoky, which isn’t one thing I’ve ever actually detected in a Glenmorangie. Not a heavy, peat-fueled smoke, however a skinny, candy campfire smoke that does certainly evoke the forest. That sensation is enhanced by notes of contemporary mint, candy pine sap, and dried berries that ultimately give strategy to extra basic Glenmorangie aromas of tinned pear and honeyed malt. The palate is elegant with a refined oiliness and comfortable heat. The smoke carries by right here, as effectively, with little bit of toasted fir department that enhances sweeter, brighter notes of juniper and clove. The natural and resinous parts threaten to show sharp on the midpalate however as an alternative soften to candied ginger, peppermint, and Christmas cake on a protracted, silky end dusted with 5 spice and pipe smoke. It’s a well-built, if very uncommon, whisky, ideally suited for exploring within the winter season. Though it would enchantment extra to smokeheads than Highland purists.
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Glenmorangie “A Story of the Forest”
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