Glenmorangie reimagines a favourite to enhance
its dessert-like complexity
— Aged 16 years, Glenmorangie The Nectar captures even more patisserie delights —
Glenmorangie Highland single malt Scotch whisky has reimagined one of its most-loved whiskies, on its quest to share even more delicious tastes with the world. Inspired by his memory of entering a French pastry shop, the Distillery’s whisky creator Dr Bill Lumsden first brought a whisky of dessert-like complexity to life in Glenmorangie The Nectar D’Or. Now, he has taken its swirls of sweet scents and spice to new heights of deliciousness, in the award-winning Glenmorangie The Nectar. Aged longer, for 16 years, in an enhanced combination of bourbon and sweet white wine casks, this new whisky is even more sumptuous and complex. A leading light in the Distillery’s core range, it unites decadent notes of orange syrup and honeycomb, with nutmeg and baking brioche.
Glenmorangie’s whisky creators are endlessly imaginative on their search to dream up delicious whiskies. They craft their more delicate, fruity spirit in stills as tall as a giraffe to allow more space for taste and aroma. Then they age it in the world’s finest casks. By augmenting the whisky’s recipe, Dr Bill, Glenmorangie’s Director of Whisky Creation, aims to bring more joy to whisky drinkers old and new.
Dr Bill originally created a whisky of dessert-like flavours after walking into a French pastry shop and breathing in its delectably sweet aromas. Some years later, with even more delicious complexity in his mind, he challenged his Whisky Creation Team to revisit that acclaimed single malt. For extra depth and creaminess, they selected silky Glenmorangie aged for 14 years in bourbon casks. Then they finished this whisky for two more years in a new combination of sweet white wine casks. Sauternes and Monbazillac casks from France bring sumptuous notes of pastry, brioche, meringue and baked apples. Moscatel casks from Spain offer sweet, syrupy dessert-like notes. And Tokaji casks from Hungary, add white chocolate, almond and honeycomb flavours to their creation.
Awarded a prestigious gold medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2023, The Nectar is contained in playfully elegant packaging designed to accentuate its deliciousness and complement other whiskies in Glenmorangie’s range.
Dr Bill said: “Glenmorangie The Nectar is inspired by the sweet, buttery scents that swirl around French patisseries. By enhancing the recipe of our dessert-like whisky, we sought to make it even more sumptuously sweet and complex. Aged for 16 years in bourbon and sweet white wine casks, this single malt has an unparalleled range of sweet, nectar-like flavours. Notes of brioche and orange syrup collide with honeycomb and spices, such as nutmeg and star anise. This is an irresistible dram for whisky lovers old and new.”
Glenmorangie The Nectar will be available from 1st November, RRP: £79.
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GLENMORANGIE THE NECTAR
Sipping The Nectar is like transporting your senses to a French pastry shop, where the air swirls with sweet scents, balanced by a soft drumbeat of spice. This whisky was born from Dr Bill Lumsden’s memory of entering a French pastry shop for the very first time. It is about that first moment of finding your senses deliciously overwhelmed, breathing in the sweet scents and wishing you could take a bite of every creamy, flaky treat you see. In The Nectar you can taste it all. Glenmorangie The Nectar was awarded a Gold medal at the 2023 San Francisco World Spirits Competition in recognition of its exceptional quality.
TASTING NOTES
Glenmorangie The Nectar is bottled at 46% ABV
Colour: Bronze Gold.
Aroma: Rich and heady, almost decadent, with notes of baking brioche, leesy wine, baked apricot, vanilla pudding, toasted almond and chestnuts and hints of chocolate truffles.
With water, there is a burst of candy sweetness, touches of orange syrup, a flinty minerality, and a curious, distinctive herbal top note, like sage or basil.
Taste: The texture is unctuous and sticky, but with a balancing lemon zestiness. This leads into rich, sweet flavours of vanilla crème anglaise, baked apricots, warm raisin bread, roasting chestnuts, and a mixture of spices, particularly nutmeg and star anise. The oaky backbone lasts throughout the taste, but is always balanced by sweet, fruity and spicy notes. The finish is long and lingering, with some lemon rind, baking bread and a touch of honeycomb.
About Glenmorangie:
Glenmorangie’s whisky makers use endless imagination and five key ingredients – wood, water, barley, yeast and time – to dream up delicious single malt whiskies. They’ve been honing their craft for 180 years. They create a delicate and fruity spirit in stills as tall as a giraffe to allow for more taste and aroma. Led by Director of Whisky Creation Dr Bill Lumsden, this crackerjack crew are on a mission to bring new flavours and possibilities to the world of single malt.
Glenmorangie celebrates the joy of delicious single malt in every part of its universe, from its boutique hotel Glenmorangie House to its colourful brand campaign, shot by famed photographer Miles Aldridge. With its tagline “It’s kind of delicious and wonderful”, Glenmorangie invites whisky lovers old and new to see themselves in Glenmorangie’s world.
About Dr Bill Lumsden and Glenmorangie’s Whisky Creation Team:
Dr Bill Lumsden’s favourite phrase is “What if?”. And throughout more than 25 years with Glenmorangie, the Distillery’s Creative Director has challenged himself and his team to take whatever captures their imaginations and turn it into whisky – be that the magic of a walk in the woods (A Tale of the Forest) the joy of a cake moment (Glenmorangie A Tale of Cake), a rich and intense cup of coffee (Glenmorangie Signet), and more. With a PhD in biochemistry and decades of experience, Dr Bill has all the skills needed to bring these ideas to life. Already, he has earned the admiration of his peers many times over. For instance, he has taken his place in the Icons of Whisky Hall of Fame. He has won the International Whisky Competition’s award for Master Distiller of the Year more times than anyone else. And he has been named Master Blender/Distiller of the Year by the International Spirits Challenge twice.
About the making of Glenmorangie Nectar:
This 16-year-old whisky is aged for 14 years in bourbon casks for additional depth and creamy, silky smoothness. Then it is finished for two further years in a range of sweet white wine casks.
- Sauternes casks previously contained Sauternes white wine from this French wine appellation, in the Graves district, to the south of Bordeaux. The wine is created from grapes affected by noble rot. Noble rot fungus ((Botrytis cinerea)) grows in moist conditions, making grapes shrivel up and concentrating their sugars, to create unique flavours.
- Monbazillac: This white wine appellation falls within the Bergerac district in south-west France. Here, morning mists are common in the morning, which makes the development of noble rot more likely.
- Moscatel: These casks, which once held sweet Spanish white wine, bring cake-like flavours and syrupy textures to the whisky.
- Tokaji: These highly prized dessert wines are from the Hungarian region of Tokaj, created using noble-rot grapes. Their casks bring the whisky notes of white chocolate, almond and honeycomb.
About Glenmorangie Nectar’s packaging:
Glenmorangie began to roll out bold new packaging inspired by its whisky’s award-winning flavours in 2022. First it transformed the packaging of other core single malts, The Original, The Lasanta and The Quinta Ruban, to celebrate their creativity and the wondrous tastes they bring forth. Now as The Nectar’s recipe is further enhanced, its packaging is too.
Changes include:
- Bottle: With an even more elegant shape, the new bottle features wider shoulders, a tapered neck and stopper and a swirled detail inspired by Glenmorangie’s Signet icon on the base.
- Carton and labels: Designed to stand out boldly on shelves, carton and labels are vividly coloured to reflect the whisky’s dessert-like flavours. Luxurious curving linework runs through the packaging, reflecting the fluidity of the liquid, the wood in which Glenmorangie is aged and the Distillery’s undulating Highland surroundings. Glenmorangie’s Signet icon has been given more prominence and simplified to draw consumers’ attention and the wordmark split across 4 lines in a playful design, which will increase visual impact in stores. A new tone of voice brings the whiskies’ flavours to the fore, the brand’s symbol, the giraffe, is showcased on the back of the carton.
