Glenmorangie The Elementa 14 Year

There is this travel retail collection from the whisky giant Glenmorangie, that i believe it is called "the legends", where some spin offs of popular releases are available. I had "The Accord" one and was fairly good. Now this "the Elementa" is my dram for tonight. It is a 14yo single malt, matured in new charred oak casks. Bottled at 43%abv, golden color. On the nose, it has the Glenmorangie DNA; Orange peel, vainilla, chocolate and fruitcake. After a first sip, the aroma clarified into an orange leaf and pepper. On the palate, starts peppery and has strong notes of chilli, in a pleasant way. Hints of oranges and tangerine. A second sip was all about vanilla cream, oak spice and Mint fondant. Aftertaste is spicy. Pepper, aniseed; clove and oranges. Overall, for a 14yo Glenmorangie, it is dissapointing. The offered spiciness is not really impressive, the typical "Glenmo" oranges are here, some vanilla and all of the boring normal notes you can get from any other dram. I often find that travel retail exclusives are inferior, and this is one of those cases. My score for it is 76 over 100.

Hints of ginger in nose Very light and smooth on palate

Ginger and orange on the nose Powerful chocolate with the ginger orange combinations. Nice wood undertones keep it dry.