pkingmartin
Glenmorangie The Original 10 Year
Single Malt — Highlands, Scotland
Reviewed
August 18, 2021 (edited August 25, 2021)
The nose starts with lemon lime soda along with pan fried bananas then comes a bitter orange zest followed with grassy floral notes, ginger, nutmeg and light oak with a low ethanol burn.
The taste is a thin mouthfeel starting with orange blossom, honey dew and pan-fried bananas that transitions to a light bitterness, ginger, cloves, nutmeg and light oak with low ethanol burn that finishes short with orange blossom, honey dew, caramelized bananas and light oak.
This is an easy sipping fruity and floral whisky with pleasant notes that doesn’t have any off notes, but doesn’t provide anything compelling for me to really desire stocking a full bottle. I’d happily drink this with friends where a whole bottle won’t last the night because it is a solid sipper that won’t offend anyone or break the bank and that’s exactly what this should be. A big thanks to @ctbeck11 for the sample of this one for me to try.
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@Scott_E That’s a great point that this would be a good summer sipper. Drinking a 50%+ whisky probably wouldn’t work out too well in the heat, but maybe @ctbeck11 and I will get kiddy pools for his backyard and do a best poolside scotch review series for science sake.
@pkingmartin @ctbeck11 agree all around. I too never fully connected with GM or wanted more (don’t we all?). A decent inoffensive sipper. Especially a summer sipper, IMO.
@ctbeck11 Haha! That sounds like a nice marketing statement if you leave off the generally forgettable. I completely agree and this is the start of my Glenmorangie journey, so down the generally forgettable yellow scotch road I go.
Yep that’s pretty much how I feel about it, and all Glenmorangie products I’ve tasted for that matter. Light, citrusy, easy sipping, and generally forgettable.