.glenmorangie - companta

Matured in Grand Cru Burgundy & Côtes du Rhône Casks, this is the latest (and perhaps last?) release in the Private Edition series of Glenmorangie. I am rather late with my note, and if you can still find a bottle for the original price, count yourself lucky...

46% abv, €80, single malt, non-chill filtered

Nose: thick, warm, tobacco leaves, earthy, mushrooms, (over)ripe fruit, a hint of sulfur, mint, cloves

Palate: mouth-drying, spicy, white pepper at first, later honey-like sweetness with dried fruits, cranberries, dried and fresh cherries and other red fruits

Finish: long, warm, sweet, lots of different dried fruits, cranberries, cherries, creamy
Mark: +++++ 

Conclusion: Very likable. As I already said, if you can still get a bottle (for the original price might be nice), count yourself lucky. This release went very fast, where many bottles must have disappeared to the collectors, and only some have found their way to one of the Glenmorangie appreciators, as this bottle did (thanks again Maurits for the sample!). Aside from the sulfur I picked up, she is great.

More info from the website: "Inspired by Dr Bill’s travels across France’s greatest vineyards and the friends made along the way, Glenmorangie Companta (Scots Gaelic for ‘friendship’) is a refined balance between bold spice and rich, smooth sweetness; the result of a careful assemblage of spirit extra matured in Grand Cru casks from Clos de Tart and those of a lusciously sweet fortified wine from Côtes du Rhône."