Glenmorangie Nectar D’Or (Official Bottling)
46% ABV, £35-£40 for 70cl
Score: 82/100
What they say:
Great to see French casks that actually complement a whisky – so rare! An exercise in outrageously good sweet-dry balancing” – Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2010
It is here, in hand selected wine barriques from Sauternes: the most famous and ancient sweet wine growing region of France, that this whisky develops its rich, spicy and dessert-like flavours. Non chill-filtered for additional aroma and mouthfeel.
Aroma: Lime and orange rind, sultanas and dates give a rich fruity flavour laced with tantalising spices of coconut and nutmeg.
Taste: Ginger, nutmeg and toasted almonds bring a deep, warming taste interwoven with a syrupy lemon meringue and honeycomb middle.
Finish: Long and lusciously sweet finish with lemon zest, white chocolate, vanilla and traces of ginger and nutmeg.
Colour: Honeyed gold
What I say:
The second dram from the Glenmorangie Pioneering collection was the Nectar D’Or, essentially 10 Years Old finished in French Sauternes Dessert Wine Barriques.
Colour:
Peachy gold
Nose:
Lemon citrus, limoncello, sour followed by honey sweet, lemon sauce (like Cantonese lemon chicken), leafy and honey
Taste:
Less silky than the Glenmorangie 10 Year old this has more of a watery then syrupy texture in the mouth, full of lemon-puff biscuits, lemon cream and cereal barley, tarte aux poires avec crème anglais (pear tart and vanilla custard – sounds much tastier in French)
Finish:
Drying and sweet, a little astringency, and a lemony citrus that is ascerbic almost to the point of acetic at the end
Would I buy it again:
I’m not sure, there are plenty of nice elements in this but overall too sweet and sour for my tastes. Unusual as I usually surprise myself with how much I warm to Sauternes finished whiskies. I’d rather save my money and opt for the Glenmorangie 10 Years Old over the Nectar D’Or.orangie nectar d’or
