Delicate and spicy with an exquisite amber glow, Glenmorangie Grand Classic Malt 1998
showcases a number of the first Glenmorangie ever aged in new charred oak. Ensuing from one in every of Dr Invoice Lumsden’s earliest experiments because the Highland Distillery’s whisky creator, the 23-year-old restricted version’s notes of ginger, baked apples and orange chocolate are a tasty twist on Glenmorangie’s signature finesse.
Glenmorangie’s whisky makers have been endlessly imaginative on their quest to create scrumptious single malts for over 175 years. None extra so than Dr Invoice Lumsden, appointed Director of Whisky Creation the 12 months this classic was distilled. Dr Invoice, who had joined Glenmorangie as Distillery Supervisor a while earlier than, was brimming with concepts. And in 1998 he vowed to discover the undiscovered wonders of recent charred oak barrels.
New charred oak had by no means beforehand been used on the Distillery. Dreaming of the flavours it would carry, Dr Invoice first earmarked just a few casks tailormade to counterpoint Glenmorangie’s fruity spirit. By closely charring the virgin wooden of those bespoke casks for the primary time, he hoped to create a putting model of single malt, intense in color and spice. He used many of the casks to wood-finish whisky, balancing their spiciness with Glenmorangie’s complicated fruits. However Dr Invoice additionally stuffed just a few with new-make spirit, imagining an unprecedented single malt. Aged for 23 years, the spirit remodeled right into a whisky surging with vanilla, chocolate orange, ginger and candy chilli.
Delighted by his experiment, Dr Invoice envisaged how he would possibly complement Glenmorangie’s delicacy with that whisky’s toasty, buttery energy. He married its oaky notes with delicate, fruity whisky aged in first-fill bourbon casks, and a subtly candy whisky completed in oloroso sherry casks. The result’s a single malt splendidly balancing ripe fruit and orange chocolate notes, sugared almonds and spice.
Dr Invoice stated: “New in put up in 1998, I had all kinds of concepts for brand spanking new and scrumptious whiskies. And one my first experiments was with new charred oak casks. On the coronary heart of Glenmorangie Grand Classic Malt 1998 is a parcel of that experimental whisky. Aged in these casks for 23 years, it provides the restricted version an exquisite spicy notice and an amber glow. With aromas of apples and plums and tastes of orange chocolate and clove, this whisky brings a brand new dimension to Glenmorangie’s class.”
The whiskies of the Bond Home No. 1 classic sequence are created from a few of Glenmorangie’s most prized parcels of aged whisky, for scrumptious outcomes. The sequence is called after the biggest of the Distillery’s Nineteenth-century Bonded Warehouses. For years Warehouse No. 1 homed maturing casks, then was remodeled into an impressive new nonetheless home in 1990. As we speak it accommodates 12 of Glenmorangie’s signature stills. With necks as tall as a giraffe, they permit more room for style and aroma.
