Restricted to 600 units, trio of whiskies is a tribute to Grasp Distiller’s ardour for wine
Glenmorangie Highland single malt Scotch whisky celebrates its Grasp Distiller’s ardour for fantastic wine with an exceptionally uncommon trio of aged whiskies: Glenmorangie Pursuit of Ardour Wine Cask Assortment. As a wine lover and a pioneering determine within the artwork of wood-finishing whisky, Dr Invoice Lumsden has lengthy been impressed by the myriad flavours that wine casks supply Glenmorangie. This assortment charts
his travels by means of a few of Europe’s most acclaimed wine areas seeking casks that may convey unparalleled deliciousness to his whisky. Showcasing three of Dr Invoice’s most prized experiments, every over 25 years previous, these 600 units are an ode to his ardour and many years of perfecting the artwork of wine cask ending.
For greater than 180 years, Glenmorangie’s whisky creators have been endlessly imaginative of their quest to create evermore scrumptious single malts. They create a fragile and fruity spirit in stills as tall as a giraffe to permit for extra style and aroma. Then they age it on the earth’s best casks. Within the late Eighties and all through the Nineteen Nineties, Glenmorangie have been among the many pioneers of wooden ending within the Scotch whisky business because the distillery experimented with including new layers of flavours to their signature spirit. This method entails transferring aged whisky into totally different casks for much more complexity. Below Dr Invoice’s management, his staff have turn out to be consultants on this artwork.
A few years in the past, Dr Invoice travelled by means of Europe’s best wine areas, sourcing valuable casks from revered areas in Burgundy and Bordeaux in France and Piedmont in Italy. Then he stuffed them with whisky, imagining the flavours exceptionally lengthy wooden finishes might create. Within the Pursuit of Ardour’s 600 units, he shares three of his most scrumptious experiments: Glenmorangie Margaux Wine Cask End, Glenmorangie Corton-Charlemagne Wine Cask End and Glenmorangie Barbaresco Wine Cask End. Aged 29, 28 and 27 years respectively, these uncommon creations are united by their extraordinary complexity.
• The Margaux Wine Cask End: Wealthy, mellow and complicated, this 29-year-old whisky was distilled in February 1995, the month Dr Invoice joined the Glenmorangie as then Distillery Supervisor, and was initially aged in bourbon casks. In 2004, Dr Invoice transferred the whisky right into a handful of pink wine casks from Margaux – one of the vital famend appellations in Bordeaux, France. Completed in the wine casks for over 20 years – longer than another Glenmorangie – his creation reveals intense flavours of chocolate, plums and candy chilli.
• The Corton-Charlemagne Wine Cask End: The one whisky within the trio completed in white wine casks, this spicy, easy and full-bodied 28-year-old whisky was additionally distilled in 1995. It was first laid down in bourbon casks, then was transferred into white Burgundy casks in 2005 – all grand cru standing – from the celebrated Corton-Charlemagne appellation in Burgundy, France. This was Glenmorangie’s first experiment with such casks and Dr Invoice was intrigued to see how they’d form its mushy, signature type. Completed for over 18 years in these casks, this expression brims with notes of jasmine, mushy smoke and clove.
• The Barbaresco Wine Cask End: This dry, highly effective and wealthy 27-year-old whisky was distilled in 1996 and laid down in bourbon casks. In 2005, Dr Invoice poured a choose parcel into prestigious Italian pink wine casks, sourced from Barbaresco, within the famend wine area of Piedmont. These casks had by no means beforehand been used on the Distillery – and he imagined the deep, luscious flavours they could convey to Glenmorangie. After an exceptionally lengthy end of greater than 18
years, his experiment resounds with hints of leather-based, wealthy spices and eucalyptus.
Glenmorangie’s Pursuit of Ardour assortment is encased in a hand-crafted oak presentation case, designed as a chic function piece. Marquetry design work on the again and sides of the field hints on the staves from which wine casks are made, whereas the entrance of the case evokes the totally different landscapes of the three particular person wine areas, reflecting the wondrous flavour journey captured in every bottle.
Dr Invoice Lumsden mentioned: “My ardour for single malt whisky is probably solely matched by my ardour for fantastic wine. And my travels by means of the world’s best vineyards have impressed many experiments with ending whisky in wine casks. Of all my experiments, the whiskies in our Pursuit of Ardour Wine Cask Assortment are amongst my most prized and scrumptious. With exceptionally lengthy finishes in valuable casks from some of France and Italy’s most famous wine areas, I’m certain that their complexity will delight and intrigue lovers of each whisky and wine.”
The Glenmorangie Pursuit of Ardour Wine Cask Assortment will probably be out there by means of the Moët Hennessy Personal Consumer channel from Autumn 2024. It should even be out there to buy at Glenmorangie’s Boutique at Heathrow Airport, Terminal 2, in addition to in choose stores worldwide and the Distillery Customer Centre in Tain from October 2024. Registrations of curiosity can be made on-line at www.glenmorangie.com/pages/pursuit-of-passion-wine-cask-collection
