Glenmorangie The Nectar 16 Year Old

About The Brand: Glenmorangie

The distillery known as Glenmorangie, which takes its name from either the Gaelic Gleann Mór-innse or Gleann Mór na Sth, 'valley of calm' or 'vale of great meadows,' is located in Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland. It produces single malt Scotch whiskey. The Glenmorangie Company Ltd., a division of Louis Vuitton Mot Hennessy, is the owner of the distillery. Its main offering is a variety of Glenmorangie single malt whiskies. Highland distillery Glenmorangie is known for having Scotland's highest stills. It comes in a variety of special edition bottles as well as the original, 18-, and 25-year-old bottlings, unique cask bottlings, cask finishes, and extra matured bottlings. Glenmorangie's products typically receive very good ratings from worldwide contests for spirits and from organizations that evaluate alcoholic beverages. At the San Francisco World Spirits Competitions, for instance, its 12-year Lasanta and 18-year single malt spirits have never placed lower than silver. Proof66.com, which compiles alcohol reviews from the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Wine Enthusiast, and other sources, has ranked the 12-year Lasanta in the Top 10% of all whiskies. Glenmorangie has received more 'Gold Best in Class' prizes from the International Wine and Spirits Competition over the past five years than any other single malt Scotch whiskey. The Glenmorangie Company received the Distiller of the Year award from the IWSC in 2012. Glenmorangie Quarter Century won Best Highland Single Malt at the 2013 World Whisky Awards.