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ABOUT US

The Glenmorangie Company Ltd is a private limited company registered in Scotland: No. 26752. Registered Office: 18 Westerton Road, Broxburn, West Lothian, EH52 5AQ. Tel: +44 (0) 1506 852929 Fax: +44 (0)1506 855856.

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ANCIENT

Our homeland, native Ross-Shire, in the Highlands of
Scotland, is an ancient land. The Picts ruled here between
297 and 843 AD. Their skilled artistry has been inherited
by the Sixteen Men of Tain, the dedicated craftsmen who
today turn pure water from the Tarlogie Springs into
delicious, delicate Glenmorangie.

BARDOT

Glenmorangie has always had its celebrity fans. in 1967,
the beautiful French actress, Brigitte Bardot, visited a
well-known Scottish inn. Perching prettily on a stool,
she asked the barman to recommend the best whisky
in Scotland. He said “Glenmorangie”. On sampling
this deliciously alluring and delicate malt, she ordered
ten cases to be sent to her Swiss home
and another ten to her French château.

CADBOLL

The Cadboll Stone is our inspiration. Its intricate,
highly skilled carvings are an alluring mystery, which
we have adopted as our brand icon; our Signet.
It is the perfect symbol of our brand, representing
the infinite and complex kaleidoscope of flavours
and aromas, ever-present, awaiting discovery
in every bottle of Glenmorangie.

DORCHESTER

Our whisky has always been seen in the best places
around the world. During the 1890s, our salesmen wore
top hats and tails and arrived at appointments in
chauffeur driven cars. By the 1920s our whisky was being
served in the Dorchester Hotel in Park Lane, London. The
Savoy, Fortnum & Masons and Harrods were also loyal
supporters and purveyors of our exquisite spirit.

EIGHTEEN

The rarity of Glenmorangie 18 Years Old adds an extra
frisson to the sensory pleasure of the whisky.
Complex layers of vanilla and caramel desserts entwine
with walnuts, honeycomb and dates. Silky and smooth,
with the warm, syrupy langour of sherry, this is
a beautifully rich malt.

FIRST

To maintain the supreme quality of our maturing spirit
we use first and second fill casks only. The first gives
richer, sweeter vanilla flavours. The second
contributes more complex, floral layers. It is this
meticulous attention to detail that has made
Glenmorangie Scotland’s first choice for malt whisky
for nearly 50 years and is considered by many to be the
most respected and valued malt whisky brand
in the world.

GIRAFFE

Did you know that Glenmorangie’s unique stills – the
tallest in Scotland – are the length of a giraffe’s neck?
The Glenmorangie Distillery’s first stills were
ex-gin stills, which are taller than traditional plump whisky
stills. Their height means only the lightest and purest
vapours ascend to the very top, banishing any harsh
flavours prior to maturation, revealing the alluring
complexity of Glenmorangie.

HANDCRAFTED

As with anything rare and precious, Glenmorangie takes
time and skill to make. Perfection cannot be rushed, and
here it cannot be reached without the dedication and
patience of the Sixteen Men of Tain. it’s astonishing to
think that even though Glenmorangie is now one of
the best selling malt whiskies in the world, it is still
produced by just sixteen men.

INTERNATIONAL

The twentieth century saw the emergence of truly
global brands, with an array of Scotch whiskies
available in bars in every corner of the globe. However,
Glenmorangie has long been a brand of international
renown, its reputation generating demand in foreign
markets for over 120 years. Records exist that show
casks of Matheson’s “Mountain Dew of Easter Ross”
were bound for places such as Rome and San Francisco
as long ago as 1880!

JOURNEY

Glenmorangie’s unique spirit journey begins not in
Scotland, but in Missouri, USA. It is here, on the Ozark
Mountain slopes, that a particular type of white oak
slowly grows. When naturally air dried, these trees
yield the perfect wood for making our casks, seasoned
with Bourbon for four years, before being brought
home to the distillery where they are used to mature
a significant proportion of our whisky.

KALEIDOSCOPE

The first kaleidoscope was invented by a Scot, sir David
Brewster, in 1816. The name, taken from the Greek,
means ‘observer of beautiful forms’. Today, the
kaleidoscope is at the heart of the Glenmorangie brand.
It permeates and enriches everything we do, at events
and tastings, in our photography and language. It perfectly
describes the complex sensory adventure of our single
malt whisky, but also the multiple layers of this dazzling
and ever-stimulating brand.

LASANTA

Indulge in the most delicious dessert menu imaginable.
Chocolate-covered raisins mingle with citrus fruits and
the crispy burnt sugar of crème brûlée. The Lasanta:
elegant and full-bodied, a marriage of warm, creamy,
nutty flavours. True to its Gaelic name meaning
“warmth and passion”, its richness is the triumph of
extra maturation in Spanish Oloroso sherry casks.

MACDONALD

It was the Macdonald family that turned Glenmorangie
from a local Distillery into a global brand. Roderick
had the ambition to explore new export opportunties.
Eric had the passion to build loyal relationships across
the globe. David had the vision to introduce extra
matured whisky to the world. They each paved the way
for Moët Hennessy/LVMH to elevate Glenmorangie as
a legendary, international, luxury brand.

NECTAR D’ÒR

Here are the tantalising aromas of the patisserie:
tangy tarte au citron topped with toasted almonds, the
fluffy sponge and creamy vanilla of a Genoise cake
decorated with crystallized lime peel. In the background,
gingerbread baking in a woodburning oven.
The Nectar D’Òr imparts a heavenly, luscious,
beguiling spectrum of aromatic pleasures
– the influence of extra ageing in
Sauternes wine barriques.

ORIGINAL

Finest oak Bourbon casks are laid down to rest in dark,
cool, earth-floored warehouses, permeated by
the gentle, fresh sea air of the Dornoch Firth. The fruity,
floral, delicately complex new make spirit acquires
delicious honey-wood sweetness from the casks.
These taste notes together with vanilla and almond
make The Original a beautifully alluring
single malt whisky.

PERFUMER

Inspired by the Parisien perfumer Christian St Roche,
who over two decades ago identified an extraordinary
26 aromas in Glenmorangie Original, our quest to
understand the complexity of our beautiful single malts
led us to the path of another. In the Highlands
of Scotland Dr Dodd resides, an aroma specialist,
his work along with others revealing a veritable
kaleidoscope of over 140 aromas across
Glenmorangie single malts.

QUINTA RUBAN

Imagine a lavish dinner party, candles burning low,
the aroma of just-peeled mandarin oranges, walnut
shells on the fire, sugardusted cubes of rose-scented
Turkish Delight passing under your nose. This is
The Quinta Ruban, extra matured in the finest
ruby port casks from the ‘Quintas’ of Portugal to
produce a sumptuously smooth spirit that explodes
like liquid velvet on the tongue.

RENOWN

After World War II, Glenmorangie’s reputation
flourished among a niche circle of intellectuals at
the Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London.
These were discerning men who sought quality in rare
things and relished challenging cerebral and sensous
experiences. Like them, today’s Glenmorangie drinkers
like to be in the know and influence opinion.
They are confident, sophisticated and enlightened.
And like the whisky itself, truly memorable.

SYNAESTHESIA

In Glenmorangie our senses are stimulated, heightened
and deliciously mingled. We see aromas, feel colour,
hear flavours, smell music, taste textures.
This experience is called synaesthesia –
the joining or ‘perceiving together’ of the senses.

TWENTY-FIVE

Linger amid the late summer scent of fruit orchards,
where aromatic hedgerow blackberries and bosky
redcurrants suddenly give way to a spicy symphony of
mint humbugs, aniseed and cinnamon. Gently matured
over a quarter of a century, Glenmorangie 25 Years Old
is robust, intense and bursting with flavour. The many
facets of Glenmorangie’s kaleidoscopic character are
revealed in this truly exquisite malt.

UNIQUE

Just as our swan-necked stills are unique to
Glenmorangie, so everyone who drinks Glenmorangie
enjoys an experience unique to them. Indeed, every time
you taste Glenmorangie you will discover something
different. This is the unique sensory adventure, to be
drawn into a kaleidoscope of fragrance and flavour,
never experienced the same way twice.

VELVET

The succulent texture of our extra matured range
is the result of being non chill-filtered at 46% ABV.
In The Lasanta it enhances the rich mouthfeel. In The
Quinta Ruban it intensifies the velvety texture and ruby
port notes. In The Nectar d’Òr it heightens the smooth,
syrupy sensation. All these textures add to
Glenmorangie’s beautiful sensory adventure…
known as the Velvet Explosion!

WATER

One hundred years in the making, the water used to
create Glenmorangie falls as soft Scottish rain, then
spends a century seeping and filtering through limestone
and sandstone before bubbling to the surface in the
distillery's own springs at Tarlogie, enriched with
minerals. This uniquely hard, crystal clear water is
guided the short distance to the distillery where it is
transformed into our alluring Glenmorangie spirit.

EXTRAVAGANCE

As you might expect from the best whisky in the world,
Glenmorangie is extravagantly made. We only
use the very finest ingredients. We take time to perfectly
craft our spirit. No expense is spared, from its
production to its packaging. We sacrifice nothing
to maintain the highest quality. This is what gives
Glenmorangie its cachet, making it an irresistibly
extravagant drink!

YIN-YANG

A curious duality of flavours and opposite tastes
exists in each expression of Glenmorangie. Voluptuous,
velvety chocolate challenges cleansing wild mint.
Mouth-filling smooth cream of honeycomb and toffee is
tempered by sherry, raisins and nuts. And sumptuous,
lemon sponge melts, while toasted coconut and
cinnamon sizzle on the tongue.

Z-ROD

Some of the most iconic pictish symbols are to be found on the Cadboll Stone, none so striking as the double-disc Z-rod, reflecting power and religion. So exceptional is
the sculpture sited on this serene and rolling peninsula,
close to the Distillery, it seems likely that it reflects
a single large royal estate or monastery
endowed with the surrounding fertile land.
A fitting home indeed for the seat of Glenmorangie.