Glenmorangie's 10yo sets a high standard for Highland whisky, and has gone from strength to strength as 'The Original' since its slightly controversial packaging redesign a few years ago. Medium-bodied and gently warming, with plasant spicy notes. Web-Exclusive Price!
£26.75
(£22.29 ex. VAT)
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CountryScotlandRegionHighlandBottlerDistillery BottlingAge10 Year Old
Aroma: Imagine yourself in an Italian garden surrounded with mandarin, lemon, apple, pear and peach trees, their fruit ripening in the sun. Add to this the scent of vanilla ice cream, then enjoy the herbal aromas of geranium and wild mint growing nearby
Add water to The Original and you wander into a flower garden with lemony bergamot, apricot and mandarin. Floral notes of geranium, sweet honeysuckle and piquant narcissus mix with mint and the herbal essence of eucalyptus, nutmeg and ginger
Taste: Savour the fruits of the Italian garden as creamy vanilla slips like liquid silk over the tongue as peaches and cream, mandarins and lemons effervesce in the mouth
Aromatic essences of fennel and nutmeg tantalise with crumbly almond and coconut that gives way to a nectar that envelops all the fruit, spice and nut flavours in a honeyed caress
Finish: The charming sweetness of delicious juices is left on the tongue
Customer Reviews:
Very delicious. Orangey (get it, "GlenmORANGIE?"), lemony, and delightful. I can see why it's so popular.
- Sir Huddleston Fuddleston, 10th January
A tad 'young' and depthless (is that a word? lol) for a serious drinker, but nevertheless pretty good for light sipping ..
- anonymous, 1st Sep '11
This is a decent, light and safe. It won't blow you away but won't break the bank if you want to give it a try.
- James D., 22nd Jun '11
A fantastic dram. Sit back, and relax with a fresh and very easy to drink single malt.
- Ian. Bolton, 16th Jun '11
Taste buds almost destroyed by Johnny Walker Red. Coaxed into a lasting relationship with Dimple. Then I heard the grown-ups talking about single malts. Bought Laphroaig. Tastes like Creosote (used to retard rotting of fence-posts). Then came a litre of Glenmorangie Original. The education of my palette has begun; I may need multiple tastings of the Glenmorangie before moving on. Don't like the packaging? Get a life.
- Nelson Lord, 22nd May '11
Rose Flower, Vanilla, Almond, hints of bonfire night. Elegant, Sublime. Only two rivals, The Glenlivet, and Jamesons Tripple Distilled. Well worth £27, ide pay considerably more for this gorgeous dram. Its young and supple.
- anonymous, 22nd Apr '11
A good ol' dram. Up there with Glen Livet as one of the best I've tried.
- Daniel, 19th Feb '11
Really enjoyed this malt. A lot like a Lowlander to me: sweet and floral. Candy corn, apricot, buttery mashed potatoes. Must be what a bee feels like when gathering nectar. There's something familiar about this whisky. Like deja vu. Whatever it is, I like it.
- Ricky P., 9th Feb '11
A truly wonderful scotch. Full of vanilla and toffee. Wonderfully sweet and a little bit spicey. Superb.
- Josh Giles, 6th Jan '11
im sorry but glenmorangie is a fab drink
- anonymous, 27th Dec '10
This is one of my favourites - nutty, fruity and moreish - beautiful
- anonymous, 17th Dec '10
A suberb malt. Needless to say I bought 2 litres
- Bryan, 31st Oct '10
don't u get it. glenmORANGIE means orange thus the orange box!!
- timbit, 29th Oct '10
If I had to describe this whisky in one word it would be "safe". It's a decent, light sweet whisky, that's pretty agreeable and isn't really going to offend anyone like a Talisker might. However, for me, it stops at decent, there's nothing really that stands out and grabs you and commands you to drink it, like a Lagavulin or an Aberlour. This is one for the newcomers to the spirit I think.
- Sam, 4th Oct '10
After just starting to get in to single malts and loving, Talisker and Cragganmore in particular, I did not know what to make of this (to my tastes) rather effete drink, I have tried very hard to like it, I have done all sorts of crazy scientific stuff, water drops, warming glass in hand etc etc.. but I guess it is just to subtle for my earthier spicier tastes.
- O H Draw, 23rd Jun '10
Just finished off the bottle and all I can say is you can’t go wrong with this. This is the first Malt Whisky that I have ever had and I love it. With that said I do agree with the other reviews that the new packaging is ridiculous.As for the Producer's Tasting Notes… the only thing that was missing is that the Italian garden wasn’t in outer space… Yeah they must have hired a poet that has never tasted a drop of Whisky in his life.
- Lonnie Mason, 15th Jun '10
This is a big WOW, O-My-God what an amazing bottle of happiness this is. imagine coming home from a stressful day at work and sitting back in your favourite armchair with a glass of THIS 10yr old Glenmorangie, the smoothest bottle of happiness I've ever tested. What an amazing whisky, this has to be the next best thing to sex. I've got to get me another bottle...
- Richard..., 13th Apr '10
I got this on sale and was not disappointed. Initially I thought it was boozy, then more flavorful, fun to drink as I got down past the neck of the bottle. Supposedly Jack Daniel barrels were used for this. There's no indication of that fungal JD sour mash. It's a perfected bourbon with a wonderful fragrance and a little sip of this stuff goes a long way for me.
- Steve, 9th Apr '10
Quite a lively young malt - fragrant
- trebor, 23rd Nov '09
This is a sophisticated drop. As the packaging notes suggest the mouth is very soft, with subtle complexity on the palate and a pleasant yet slight smokey finish. Class all the way.
