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Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 12 Year
Single Malt — Highlands, Scotland
Reviewed
August 15, 2017 (edited September 19, 2017)
Nose - Chocolate covered raisins, dried dark stone fruits, hint of orange zest.
Taste - Cinnamon & anise mulled red wine with dark fleshed stone fruits, dark raisins, moist spiced cake, hint of black/white pepper spice.
Finish - Lingering pepper spice, dark stone fruit sweet, light citrusty pith bitterness.
Score - 85/100
Final Thoughts - Of the Glenmorangies that I have tried to date, I think this is my favorite so far. The port finish seems powerful enough to overcome the weird unpleasant Glenmorangie bitterness that I usually get. It's still present in this one but I think it seems to work with the port finished flavors. Maybe the chill filtering of the others creates the weird bitterness that I don't get in this offering. Maybe I just like the chocolate & dark dried stone fruit flavor enough that I can look past the bitterness? Who knows, but I wouldn't mind having this bottle on my shelf as a regular.
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