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14th December 2021 |
Glen Moray
has launched their third and final
Warehouse 1 release of 2021 and this
time it is a cask strength Glen Moray
2008 vintage which has been finished in
Manzanilla sherry casks. If you are
a
fan of the excellent malty core range
Glen Moray 12 year old, then this is it
on steroids and with a gentle Manzanilla
sherry finish.
 Just
in time for Christmas Glen Moray has
released their final Warehouse 1
expression of 2021, Glen Moray 2008
Manzanilla Finish.
Created in the evocative Spanish bodegas
of Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Cádiz,
Manzanilla is the driest of all
sherries. Aficionados swear it tastes of
the sea, because the unique coastal
conditions have a dramatic effect on the
flor, as Glen Moray Brand Ambassador
Iain Allan notes: "As distillers, this
notion of ‘place’ is endlessly
fascinating, particularly as our home of
Speyside is so much a part of the Glen
Moray story.
"We started to wonder what would happen
if we brought Glen Moray spirit and
Manzanilla casks together? If Speyside
met Cádiz in the barrel, what would the
results be? Soft with salt? Citrus with
herbaceous? Questions like these can get
the team quite animated, to say the
least, but only time can ever answer
their restless curiosity."
After 13 years of maturation the Glen
Moray 2008 Manzanilla Finish Warehouse 1
is the answer, distilled on the 8th
February 2008 and laid down to mature
initially in American ex-bourbon casks
before being finished in Manzanilla
sherry casks which produced 1240 bottles
which have been bottled a cask strength
of 54.6% ABV, non chill-filtered and
naturally coloured.
The Glen Moray 2008 Manzanilla Finish Warehouse 1 release has a RRP of £74.95 and
will be exclusively available in the UK from
specialist online whisky retailers such
as
The Whisky Exchange,
The Whisky Shop and
Master of
Malt
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Glen Moray 2008 Manzanilla Finish Warehouse 1 Review
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William
Morrison's Tasting Notes:
Nose:
Gentle malt with a sweet vanilla icing
sugared edge infused with ripe pear and
a touch of orange.
Taste:
Oak spiced pear and apple leads the
charge with a little supporting orange
zest, the delicious slightly drying oak
spices peak before letting a little late
lemon and milk chocolate edge in.
Finish:
Long, vanilla and spice which bows out
slowing to leave some lingering,
slightly drying oak with a wee bit of a
salty edge tussling with the remaining
sugars.
Comment: If you are a fan of the
excellent malty core range Glen Moray 12
year old, then this is it on steroids
and with a gentle Manzanilla sherry
finish. If you are looking for something
new, and more importantly something
good, to pour over the Christmas
holidays or as a gift for a whisky
loving friend or relative then you cant
go wrong with this.
SMW Score 89/100
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