Glenmorangie distillery
Main building of the Glenmorangie Distillery
Glenmorangie [ ɡlɛnmɔrəndʒi ] is a whiskey distillery in Tain in the Northern Highlands of Scotland.
History
Documentary evidence of ( illegal ) whiskey distilling in Tain date back to the period around 1700, but only since 1843 a legal whiskey is the Glenmorangie distillery founded by brothers Matheson fired. Previously, in the buildings of the distillery was a brewery to find. Already 1880 has seen exports to Italy and the United States the distillery. 1883 had to be rebuilt, the original distillery, Glenmorangie Distillery In 1887 the Co. Ltd.. founded. In the hands of the Matheson family distillery remained until 1918, when MacDonald & Muir, the company took over a conditional by the First World War production weakness.
In the years 1931-1936 and 1941-1944 the distillery was closed.
With the success of Glenmorangie the production had to be enlarged several times. 1980 two new stills were installed in 1990 and four more, so that is produced today with a total of eight stills. Glenmorangie is the best selling single malt whiskey in the Scottish market.
In 2004, Glenmorangie PLC took over the Scotch Malt Whisky Society with more than 27,000 members.
Since October 2004, the company belongs to the group Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton ( LVMH), which took over the share of the McDonald family. After 161 years, the family moved back out of the whiskey business. The company was valued at about 300 million pounds sterling.
Today belongs to the Glenmorangie PLC addition to the actual distillery in Tain still the distillery Ardbeg (acquired 1997) on Islay. The 1920 Glen Moray distillery taken over was sold in September 2008 at La Martiniquaise because they did not fit in character in the luxury goods segment of LVMH.
A principle of the distillery has remained until today: There should always be exactly 16 employees at Glenmorangie, the 16 Men of Tain. This refers to the most recent period, however, only on the actual manufacturer in the combustion process, taking the total in the distillery about 90 people are employed, for example, in the warehouse, the store and the administration. In addition, is now one of the " 16 Men of Tain " a woman.
Characteristics
The most conspicuous feature of the distillery are the exceptionally high stills. Here, the liquid is heated to allow the alcohol and aroma substances to evaporate and condense in the alembic. With 5.14 meters high they are the tallest stills of all Scottish distilleries. Thus, the Glenmorangie Whisky is especially mild. The malt used is no longer produced by Glenmorangie itself, but one pays when purchasing it, preferably malt to buy grain from the area, also this should be only lightly peated.
Glenmorangie Whisky also offers week-ends, which takes place at a tasting. With any luck, can also be at a " ceilidh " competition, a Scottish gala dinner with Pfeifer, haggis and dancing.
Products
To 2007
10, 15, 18 Years Old
Glenmorangie offered his whiskey in three different old bottlings. All three variants were stored exclusively in re-used bourbon barrels. There are even older bottlings, but these are usually special bottlings of the distillery, which are not offered regularly.
Sherry Wood Finish
The post-storage of whiskey in sherry casks is prevalent among Scottish distilleries. In the wood located aromas are released from the whiskey and enrich the flavor. Like all other whiskeys in the Wood - finish series had this whiskey until 2010, no age. Since then, the age " 12 years " on the packaging and the bottle can be found. The Sherry Wood Finish is now available under the name " Lasanta ".
Port Wood Finish
In addition to sherry casks also like port wine barrels are used to influence the taste of a whiskey by post-storage in slightly smaller frame. In October 2007, the Whiskey series was changed, the "Port Wood Finish " is now available under the name Quinta Ruban.
Madeira Wood Finish
Far less common than the storage in sherry or port wine barrels is the storage of whiskey in Madeira wine barrels. Few distilleries offer such a whiskey downstream. In Glenmorangie it is a standard product range. There are also other not regularly available bottlings, which are offered in cask strength which is supported entirely in Madeira wine casks. For such a bottle but you have to pay significantly more than the standard bottlings.
With the change in October 2007, this series ran from.
Burgundy Wood Finish
Between 2004 and 2007, this bottling yet. She joins a small but significantly increasing trend, nachzulagern whiskey in wine barrels. Like all other bottlings of Wood Finish range the whiskeys used for this purpose were downstream of two years in other barrels. In this case there are old Burgundy barrels from the department of Côte- d'Or.
Cellar 13
All of these 10 -year-old whiskey barrels used are from a single warehouse, the Cellar No. 13 Here, the whiskey is said to have the best climate of all Glenmorangie warehouses to mature. Earlier this whiskey was offered only in duty- free shops, today it is one, mainly due to the loss of many customs regulations in Europe, also often found in open trade.
Traditional 100 Proof
Although there is no regularly produced Cask Strength whiskey distillery bottling, but this whiskey with its 57.2 % alcohol (equivalent to 100 proof) in the cask strength. As one of the few bottlings of the Traditional distillery is not offered in a standard bottle in a tube, but it comes in a bulbous one-liter bottle in ausgeschlagenem with burlap cardboard box. The taste reminds especially on honey, but offers a wide range of other flavors.
From 2007
By 2007, the existing product range has been converted and presented in a new design and with some imaginative names to match the luxury brand LVMH. The new range now comprises:
- Glenmorangie Original - the former 10 Years Old
- Extremly Rare Glenmorangie 18 Years Old
- Glenmorangie Quarter Century 25 Year Old - new, a 25 -year-old bottling
- Glenmorangie Astar - formerly Artisan Cask
- Glenmorangie Lasanta - formerly Sherry Wood Finish
- Glenmorangie Nectar D'Or - new, post-maturing in barrels of French wine Sauternes region
- Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban - formerly Port Wood Finish
- Glenmorangie Signet - a new creation from 2008
Since 2009 there is also an annual, limited Edition under the name " Private Collection ":
- Glenmorangie Sonnalta PX (2009) - after-ripening in Pedro Ximenez sherry casks specially selected
- Glenmorangie Finealta (2010) - Following a recipe from 1903 for the Savoy Hotel in London. Were used for maturation exclusively Spanish Oloroso sherry and American white oak barrels.
- Glenmorangie Artein (2011) - Composed of 15 - and 21 -year-old whiskey from ex- bourbon casks, ripened in Sassicaia red wine barrels.
- Glenmorangie Ealanta (2012 ) - A nineteen year old vintage whiskey from 1993, bottled 2012 Stored in first fill, heavily burnt white oak barrels, the wood comes from the Mark Twain National Forest in the U.S. state of Missouri..
- Glenmorangie Companta (from the end of January 2014) - Aged in American oak barrels ( ex-bourbon barrels ), ripened in French wine casks ( Grand Cru and Côtes du Rhône ).
Limited Edition
Since summer 2011, there is a limited Glenmorangie, the Pride in 1981, which is limited to 1000 bottles. This 28 years old Single Malt matured in rare oak barrels the winery Château d' Yquem Sauternes. This whiskey has a special packaging and Dekanterdesign, which is made of glass crystal ( Baccarat ).