Glenmorangie Nectar d'Or (French for golden nectar) was first matured in American oak bourbon casks before being finished in wine casks from Sauternes, a wine-growing region of France. This revised packaging released in 2019, also saw the removal of the age-statement. Non-chillfiltered and bottled at 46%. Nose: Lemon tart emerges alongside fresh vanilla pods, lime and orange zest. Sultanas and dates follow, laced with ginger, coconut and a hint of toasted oak. Palate: Silken textures bring sumptuous layers of crème caramel and warming gingerbread. Then nutmeg and toasted almonds entwine with meringue and honeycomb. Finish: Sweet and mellow, balancing lemon zest, vanilla cream and final traces of ginger and nutmeg.
Hi. By "a hint of Oloroso Sherry", could you break this down for me, please? How familiar are you with Oloroso sherry? I have only drunk an Israeli fortified wine which was made in a local winery in the Oloroso Sherry style. Pleasant aromas of red fruits, fresh yeast, sweet rhubarb with a sourness. Tasting was a mouthful of sour red and yellow fruit and oaky yeast. Not very pleasant to my palate but I was assured from an expert in Spanish wine that this was pretty close to the real thing.
Glenmorangie Nectar d'Or (French for golden nectar) was first matured in American oak bourbon casks before being finished in wine casks from Sauternes, a wine-growing region of France. This revised packaging released in 2019, also saw the removal of the age-statement. Non-chillfiltered and bottled at 46%.
Nose: Lemon tart emerges alongside fresh vanilla pods, lime and orange zest. Sultanas and dates follow, laced with ginger, coconut and a hint of toasted oak.
Palate: Silken textures bring sumptuous layers of crème caramel and warming gingerbread. Then nutmeg and toasted almonds entwine with meringue and honeycomb.
Finish: Sweet and mellow, balancing lemon zest, vanilla cream and final traces of ginger and nutmeg.
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for reviewing this one, Toby.
The Sauternes casks makes me leave this one to others to enjoy.
Slàinte mhath
We can't all like the same whisky I suppose
@@WhiskyShared And luckily we don't ;-)
I need to blow the dust of this one and give it another comparison. Sounded likt it is not as good as I remember. Thanks for sharing!
There are different batches do this one might not be as good as previous ones.
Hi. By "a hint of Oloroso Sherry", could you break this down for me, please? How familiar are you with Oloroso sherry?
I have only drunk an Israeli fortified wine which was made in a local winery in the Oloroso Sherry style. Pleasant aromas of red fruits, fresh yeast, sweet rhubarb with a sourness. Tasting was a mouthful of sour red and yellow fruit and oaky yeast. Not very pleasant to my palate but I was assured from an expert in Spanish wine that this was pretty close to the real thing.
I'm definitely a novice when it comes to oloroso. It's definitely the nose of oloroso, not the palate.
I'm quite getting on with the 10. Would you say this is a good 'unchillfiltered version of the 10' or no such luck?
It's a little different and possibly overpriced if you're just after a slightly more grown up version of the 10.
Pre-2019 bottles of Nectar d’Or are much better imho.
Thanks for the info.