Glenmorangie A Tale of Winter

Winey

Tasted blind in 12/2022 as a part of advent calendar. Nose: Sherry, dried fruits, caramel, cinnamon, gummy bears Taste: A bit of bitterness, anise, cooked fruits, raisins, citruses, peppery

Initial price was 89€ at Clos19.

Fantastic nose with notes of leather, sherry sweetness and plums. Unfortunately, the taste flattens out, and there is a slight alcoholic note in the finish.

S 7 Not bad, but not very Glenmorangie. Cask-led. Horizontal Glenmorangie tasting. Glenmorangie Spios - WB106988 - 83 Glenmorangie A Tale of Winter - WB186566 - 83 Glenmorangie Signet - WB4067 - 85 81-85 - Another dram welcomed

Nice dram. I must say, for me, Dr Began has hit his target. It is reminiscent of Winter. At least for those of us who love Winter. You Floridians and Spaniards can send your bottles to me.

Conclusions. Overall, a quite decent whisky. Unlike the 14-year-old (Ruby Port Pipe finish), the casks are more delicate, the whisky is more harmonious, and yet no less sweet, with an abundance of fruity and spicy notes. I liked it more due to its more pronounced synergy and delicacy throughout the tasting. If the organic sulfur hadn't been a problem, I might have increased the score by one, but with this presentation, I'll settle for 86 points.

Rich, comforting, chocolatey notes certainly put this one in the 'winter warmer' category.

Due to the Glenmorangie tasting notes, I expected the winter and Christmas whisky badly. In general, it's a delicious whisky, but whether it's worth €80 is something everyone has to decide for themselves, for me it's not. It's too flat for that.

Honey bomb!

Honey, Toffee and Vanilla gives way to cinnamon and cloves. Nice warm winter dram.

When it comes to the nose I'm a bit ambiguous, but in the end it's too artificial for me, the taste is pleasing and incredibly tasty. A typical Glenmorangie, actually. Can you make more of it? Perhaps. But do you have to? You can also make the best of what you have - 01/04/2022

Special edition of 2021, 13 years old and Marsala finished.

13yo, marsala cask

the name fits the taste; sweet, cake spices, cinnamon, warm and rich, but it feels a bit artificial somehow. still nice to drink with a friend on a late winter evening.

Different than expected, but something special, not what the nose promises in terms of taste. Interesting and definitely not mainstream

Can you do it? But not for the price. A Quinta Ruban is better suited as a daily dram.

A distinct spice flavor, with a hint of sulfur, like drinking a bowl of mulled wine in winter

Bathroom taste

So, winter seems to be coming to an end, and I'm posting a review of the winter-Christmas story just now ... although this does not beg for all the advantages of the new limited release from Glenmorangie ???? Color: copper ???? Aroma: somewhat closed at first, but after standing this whisky blooms... chocolate-raisin aromas... creamy fudge, spicy sweet spices... wine barrel... light notes of sweet pipe tobacco... sweet shop... distant nutty flavors... a mixture of sweet dark berries and chocolate again...) ???? Taste: dry... a bit lacking in fullness and density... at the same time, the whisky is exceptionally drinkable... tobacco-chocolate-confectionery motifs in taste resonate with the aroma, while at the same time more sweet and spicy ones appear in the foreground spices... and a little peppery bitterness... ???? Finish: the aftertaste is rather average... tart-sweet... tobacco, spicy spices and a slight sweetness mixed with bitterness at the very end... ???? Conclusion: the release turned out to be quite interesting, at first it “kicks” a little, but after standing it opens up with a diverse bouquet of aromas, and the basic DNA of Glenmorangie alcohols is very clearly traced. Personally, I took myself another bottle to use in the bar, and of course in the collection for the older limited brother A Tale Of Cake. ???? Points: 87 Inst: @whiskyliferussia

This isn’t as much my in my preferred style as Tale of Cake was, but it’s good as well. I’m not in love with marsala casks in general, but they certainly give this whisky loads of deep spice and fruit. I really like the finish on this one, especially compared to the two other whiskies in this flight. I’m not sure whether or not I like Cake better than this. An easy comparison for this whisky is that 1991 Grand Vintage, which is way worse and nearly 10 times the price.

5.9.2023 InterContinental Stanford Light and sweet and slightly herbal on the palate

A whisky that, as the name suggests, is made for the winter and Christmas season. Exciting notes in the nose, which are topped off in the taste. Fruity, sweet and spicy and tart - a great combination that often changes. However, it took some time in the glass for the variety to show itself.

The name is program. That fits. Dark fruits paired with Christmas spice notes. The whole thing is very good and round, but doesn't have much depth. 71-80 – Fine, like to drink by time

Easy to drink whisky. Too expensive for a daily dram.

There is not much to add to the description and assessment by Dominikbraun of October 23, 2021, I have had similar experiences with this malt. The nose is vinous, full of red fruits with Christmas spices and cocoa. On the palate, the bouquet from the nose is only a relatively bland affair. Pepper and alcohol dominate, the aromas only seem fake. It is no longer harmonious, balanced. The same applies to the finish, where milk chocolate and nuts are added. But everything is too angular and too edgy. With a slight reduction in alcohol content to around 43%, the stinging and scratching recedes into the background and leaves a little more room for the fruit, chocolate and spices. Unfortunately, the finish then becomes shorter. Whichever way you look at it, I mean it's not worth €90, maybe in the 40-max range. €50 I can't get more than 86 points, and only with good will on a cold winter's day. Maybe adding some water won't be necessary once the oxygen in the open bottle is going to act on this malt. Addendum 01/21/2023: Now I also have a little bit of acetone in my nose. Reduce to 84 points. Addendum 02/04/2023: Meanwhile still 1/5 in the bottle, the oxygen has a massive effect on the aroma, meanwhile it has become really watery and flat, only 82 points!

Another beautiful Glenmorangie, which has aged a total of 13 years of which a few on Sicilian Marsala casks. A sweet, complex whisky with lush dark flavours of cinnamon, toffee and honey.

I am somewhat at odds. On the one hand, you can rely on the Marsala barrel for this whisky, at least in terms of its aroma: it brings the red, sweet fruitiness that I like so much. On the other hand, the malt appears flat and angular in some places. I don't know how Glenmorangie keeps doing this. The Quinta Ruban no longer tastes really good at the end, the Tale of Cake was far too youthful, especially in the finish, and the Tale of Winter also apparently lacks maturity - after 13 years! It is as if the aromas were floating on the spirit like bath ducks. In terms of aroma, it doesn't look bad at first, until you keep seeing the spirit flash through between the bath ducks. These rubber ducks then get stuck on the tongue and in the finish only the spirit remains. The finish is correspondingly flat. It's not exactly youthful, but far too rough for a 13-year-old whisky with a Marsala finish. So: wasted potential! And I have no idea why Glenmorangie isn't doing any better. Expertise would actually be available.

Hi Dominikbraun, I can tell you why Glemorangie can't do it better. They have absolutely no interest in doing more than necessary. The distillery is owned by the Louis Vuitton Group. So it's all about earning as much money as possible with as little effort as possible. Therefore all special bottlings of the last few years have got worse and worse and the marketing has got better and better. So why sacrifice too much a good barrel when that's enough? All very sad. The same with Bruichladdich's Black Art. After 4.1 a new master distiller came. He thought he could take a few bad kegs with him, doubled the price and limited the whole thing. The distillery wanted to skim off the money immediately, which actually slowly developed later in the collector's market. Conclusion: bad whisky, exorbitant price.

It was a bit inconvenient to have the smell of a dry mop once in the middle, probably because of the cask. However, the rest is okay

A good Glenmorangie, smooth and balanced.

Very well done. You can smell and taste the Marsala after-ripening. That's the most important.

A unique and quite winey profile. I like it, but it might not suit everyone... Caramel, red fruits, forest honey, brown sugar, old wood, malt, black pepper, cinnamon, some nuttiness.

10.01.2022

Aroma apple, vanilla, cream taste Spicy wood, spicy, creamy, tart, dry, full-bodied finish Medium length, spicy, sweetish, wood

I like it very much. The Marsala comes through really nicely on the nose. A great fruit note, sweet and sour with Christmas spices. It starts out similarly promising on the tongue, but has a slightly alcoholic note towards the end, which makes it a bit out of round. Otherwise, a really very successful bottling from Glenmorangie.

Aroma：Moderate；Palate：86/100; Aftertaste：Med-Long.

Felt like this one could've been much more than what it was. Not worth the price i'm seeing it for, but definitely a step up from Tale of Cake, still fails to deliver for its price tag in my opinion.

The marsala cask gave this whisky body and richness.

For me disappointment, doesn't worth the money. Little bit messy.

Winter: rather weak aromatics, slight florality, greenery, here the bourbon shows itself more clearly. Slight weakness. The sip is already completely smothered with bourbon, the aftertaste is a little winey. There are a lot of barrels. A quick sip of just the bourbon.

Aroma: intense, spicy, woody, but at the same time very sweet and fruity - (Classic Marsala aroma with slightly oxidized fruit. Hints of orange caramel blend with the fragrant tone of lavender honey and sweet rose.) Official: The experience begins with light bursts of fruit and honey, passing through influxes of cocoa powder, red pepper chips and pieces of para nut caramel. In the end, it culminates in a feeling that swirls with cinnamon, ginger and cloves Taste: very tannic, woody - cask driven, chocolate, pralines, cinnamon - (slightly spicy mouthfeel leads to an explosion of sweet, nutty flavors - coconut powder, red pepper, para - caramel and sweet barley malt.)

A difficult Glenmorangie for me. At least the name fits very well. A whisky for a Christmas market. The Marsala barrel brought in the right notes for this. I'm not sure if I would like any other time of the year.

Cherries (mostly dark, some maraschino) in mulled wine, cherry liqueur and caramel crème brulée, apple cider, cardamom, sugared ginger, malt, digestive biscuits, and in the finish: beeswax, shaved orange skins, and late in the finish some London Fog (Earl Grey tea, steamed milk, and vanilla syrup). First crack, I liked it (86). The next day, it was even better (87). The day after, the finish was working much better and sticking around longer (a good long length) (88).