Glenmorangie Lasanta Sherry Cask Finish 12 Year

If there’s one thing that defines a bad whisky for me, it’s an overly sweet profile. By that definition, the Glenmorangie sampler pack contains three bad whiskies. The Original 10-year-old is the one okay spirit, fine but nothing special and not really my kind of thing. The three 12-year-old samples add a couple of years in different wood finishes to take everything down a notch. First up in the sherry-casked Lasanta, which has a nice nose of stewed fruit but is tooth-rottingly sweet. I poured only 0.75 fl oz and dumped most of it. The Quinta Ruban has a delightful port nose but also takes a saccharine turn. A good drinking night for the kitchen sink. The Sauternes-finished Nectar should be the sweetest of the bunch but is actually a little better balanced. Still too sweet for me to finish, but I managed half an ounce. I’ve had this experience before with Glenmorangie — last year’s Milsean special made my fillings hurt — but hadn’t appreciated that it was something of a hallmark for the brand. Now excuse while I go brush my teeth.