icsteel154
Glenmorangie A Tale of Cake
Single Malt — Highlands, Scotland
Reviewed
December 9, 2020 (edited March 22, 2021)
(WoodWinters Glenmorangie/Ardbeg Online Zoom tasting, 9th December 2020. Hosted by Brendan McCarron, Head of Maturing Whisky Stocks at Glenmorangie).
Nose: Vanilla, citrus, syrup. There is a hint of Victoria sponge about the nose!
Palate: Citrus, quite tart. Vanilla, white chocolate, nutty/marzipan, salt & butter, dark dried fruit.
Finish: Long, pleasantly bitter finish. Citrus, light fruit, pastry. A little woody.
Overall, a clean, salty and biscuity dram. Sours on the aftertaste, but with the residual sweetness it's very pleasant for it!
Water adds more bright fruit notes. It does make it less complex and adds some wood at the very end,
The spirit is their standard 10y/o which is then finished 'for a number of years' on Tokaji casks. I was a bit wary of this whisky. I didn't like the 'Cake' branding as I expected it to be much sweeter than it actually is. This is a lovely dram.
The casks are from Royal Tokajo barriques from a range of different vintages (mostly 225L, with some 300L).
75.0
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