Glenmorangie Signet Whiskey
It took some digging to find out what little I did about Glenmorangie's newest, and currently the most talked about, whiskey.
Signet is created from a blend of mature aged whiskeys from Glenmorangie's archives, with a high roasted "chocolate" malt, giving extraordinarily rich, dark and powerful flavors, with hints of amaretto, dark chocolate and espresso coffee, all in exquisite balance.
According to Dr. Bill, head whiskeymaker for Glenmorangie, Signet is the culmination or 20 years of ideas going back to when he was in brewing and distilling school. The actual experiments involved in creating this whiskey began 10-11 years ago. That’s when Bill, beer drinker and experimental whiskey distiller, decided to tinker with using malted barley varieties commonly used in making beer.
Signet has a portion of whiskey in it (15-20%) made from chocolate malt. Bill describes it as "Whiskey made from normal whiskey malt is like a cappuccino, while whisky made from chocolate malt is like an espresso". Signet also contains whiskey from Cadboll barley malt, the first time this has been used in a Glenmorangie (adding some creaminess to the whiskey). The whiskey is aged in a variety of casks, including sherry and new charred oak, and contains some older whiskeys too up to 35 years old.
Glenmorangie actually doesn't put any age on the bottle, but it's priced like a well aged bottle at around $185.
Posted by Ghostshark under Spirits |
