pkingmartin
Glenmorangie A Tale of Cake
Single Malt — Highlands, Scotland
Reviewed
February 13, 2021 (edited September 5, 2021)
When I first heard about this release, I laughed in my head about a scotch aiming to make the whisky taste like cake, so let’s see if Glenmorangie was able to bake/blend this into something a pastry chef would be proud to serve.
On the nose, it really smells like a cake with caramelized pineapple, peaches, pears, vanilla cream cheese frosting, white chocolate sheet cake, light baking spices. So, the nose is cake; let’s see about the taste… yep, also cakey. The taste starts with a very creamy mouthfeel that reminds me of whipped vanilla cream cheese frosting followed by fruits of caramelized pineapple, peaches, pears then white chocolate sheet cake leading to a baking spices and medium oak tannins to a short finish with those fruits, a light alcohol bite and those baking spices lingering.
Overall this is a fun experiment and interesting whisky, but I would rather just drink the 18 along with a piece of cake to get my cake fill on for the same price and have a better whisky.
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@pkingmartin this is just a 10yr old??! Way too pricey. I don’t know...if I want cake, I wouldn’t want to pay $100 for the single malt version. Rather just have a $5 slice of cake.
@CKarmios wow, didn’t realize this was the 10. I feel like 70 to 80 dollar range would have been perfect for this one. But limited editions seem to carry a premium as I’m seeing the newest Ardbeg Arrrrrrrdbeg going for 180. I’m sure tariffs don’t help either.
@ctbeck11 @pkingmartin Yes, as experiments go, this one’s quite the success, especially considering this is just the GM 10yo finished in what is a challenging wine barrel, the Hungarian Tokaj. But the price is too high. Then again it’s a limited release...
Seems like they accomplished their goal. But sounds like more of a novelty than one to keep as a permanent addition on the shelf.