GLENMORANGIE - 14 years old - The Quinta Ruban - Bourbon & Port Casks - 46%
Glenmorangie is north of the town of Tain in Ross-shire , in the Highland region of Scotland . The establishment was a brewery before being redeveloped into a distillery in 1843. Glenmorangie was one of the first leaders in the export of its whisky, in particular to the United States and the distillery had to close between 1931 and 1936 in because of the effects of prohibition. Today the distillery is owned by the Glenmorangie Company , a subsidiary of LVMH . Its six wash backs and six spirit stills produce around 6 million liters per year, which also makes it one of the largest distilleries.
Each expression is aged in white oak barrels from Glenmorangie's own forest in the Ozarks of Missouri in the United States. The barrels are then rented to Jack Daniel's and Heaven Hill to store their Bourbon before being shipped to Scotland. Glenmorangie was one of the first distilleries to experiment with different wood finishes for their whiskey, where the whiskey receives a second period of maturation in a different type of barrel.
Quinta Ruban is first aged in ex-bourbon casks, then transferred to specially selected Ruby Port casks from the best estates in Portugal.
Not peated