A Tale of Winter

We were gifted a beautiful bottle of Glenmorangie scotch for Christmas. Big Guy and I are suckers for a great story and the box had us anticipating the best drinking experience of our lives.

Let me start with the name, “A Tale of Winter.”  It already piqued my curiosity, but the story on the box sold it!

“Snowed in at home, our director of whisky creation, Dr. Bill, began dreaming of this whisky.  His goal was to capture the snug and magical feeling of sitting in front of the fireplace as snow blankets the world outside.  In pursuit of rich, radiant taste and wintery aroma, he finished the 13-year-old single malt in marsala wine casks from Sicily.”

As if this weren’t enough to make me look forward to my first taste, the story continued with the flavor profile for this limited edition.

“The experience begins with light flurries of fruit and honey, building to torrents of cocoa dust, flakes of red pepper and chunks of Brazil nut toffee.  It culminates in a feels-like-forever finish that swirls with cinnamon, ginger and clove.  Like the cosy comfort of a colourful winter jumper, this whisky’s bursts of bright, vivid flavour will delight your senses.”

Dr. Bill nailed it.  Big Guy and I have decided this is, perhaps, the finest bottle of scotch we could dream of having not only on Christmas, but for that future snowstorm, with our fireplace roaring, when the Lou settles into a quiet calm as the snowflakes fall outside. 

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