Glenmorangie Milsean is the latest release in Glenmorangie’s Private Edition. It is the first Glenmorangie expression to be extra-matured in heavily toasted Portuguese red wine casks. Milsean (Scots Gaelic for ‘sweet things’) and is also the seventh release in the Private Edition collection.
Created from Glenmorangie first matured in ex-bourbon oak casks, Glenmorangie Milsean then spent a number of years in casks which had contained Portuguese red wine.
Dr Bill Lumsden said, “A glass of Glenmorangie Milsean transports me straight to an old-fashioned sweet shop with its sweet and spicy bouquet, with hints of sugar cane, ripe fruits and fudge. Extra-maturing Glenmorangie in heavily toasted red wine casks for the first time, has allowed us to create a whisky recalling a bygone era. I hope its deep tastes of cherries, angelica, candied orange peel and unusual intensity of caramelized fruits, will surprise and delight whisky aficionados and malt connoisseurs.” It is bottled at 46% ABV, and is non-chill filtered. RRP £75.99.
Alliance Wine has had four of its wines selected in The Wine Merchant Top 50 awards recently. They are: Domaine Wachau Gruner Veltliner Federspiel Terrassen 2013, Domaine Wachau Gruner Veltliner Smaragd, 2013, Casal de Arman Blanco, 2012 and Domaine Bessa Valley Enira, 2008. The awards were chosen blind by a panel of 12 independent wine merchants looking for the most interesting wines in the independent trade. Garech Byrne, Buyer for Alliance Wine, comments, “We are delighted to have done so well in The Wine Merchant Top 50 this year, particularly with Enira which is new to our list. It’s a brilliant addition from Bulgaria to have in the collection alongside some of our well loved classics.” All wines selected are available through Alliance Wine in both the on and off-trade.