Glenmorangie Signet

This week, this is my favorite non-peated scotch. It replaces my dearly departed 1976 vintage Macallan 18. More recent Mac 18s seem to have backslid, and Glenmorangie has stepped up to fill that hole in my palette with this. Except that it's completely different from your run of the mill sherried Speyside. I don't much care for overly sweet scotch. Years ago, Jim Murray rated the Glenmorangie Ealanta as whiskey of the year. I couldn't tell if it tasted more like Bourbon or Brandy, either being way outside my tolerance for sweet. But Signet is way sweet in an entirely different and less offensive (for me) way. It is more of a dark, fruity sweetness, but I really can't place the fruit. It is deeply rich, mildly spicy, truly complex, and front and center. It almost begs to be chewed on and very much reminds me of drinking a stout, only better. to be fair, this is my first experience with a so-called chocolate malt, so maybe it's just the genre that's struck such a positive note with me. Either way, it's like taking my tastebuds and olfactory glands to the spa. It makes me feel warm and coddled

This is an NAS I can really get behind. Much better and more complex than the 18, with beautiful caramel and chocolate notes and classic elegance. 95

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Beautiful bottle! Smells of malted toffee. Tastes of malted milk ball and bitter orange/sherry with spice. Great after dinner drink, lingers a bit like after dinner coffee. Warms my face and ears.

Very smooth