Glenmorangie Tùsail

Nice nose, nice mouth, but final much too bitter, too bad.

1. Beautiful complex nose with tropical fruits, vanilla and citrus. Taste wide palette of fruit, orange, ending with almost brown banana and coconut. You almost want to wring out your glass. I don't believe anything of that better barley story. 2. Man, what a smell. What an elegant, light-hearted and fruity summer whisky. The long aftertaste contains sweet tobacco. 3. Floral, elegant fragrance with soft meadow herbs blah blah but true. Summers, hops, like a very beautiful woman who doesn't need make-up and can do more than just fine.

Nutty brittle is the dominant note I immediately smell. Yes, it reminds me of the good old brittle sundae from the ice cream parlor. On the palate, oak becomes prominent, flanked by vanilla and, once again, the nutty brittle. A certain grain note is also consistently present. The quality is excellent, the aromas are well-integrated, the alcohol is well-balanced, and the overall flavor profile is not something you find in every whisky. My only criticism is that the oak is a bit too prominent on the palate.

Original Private edition bottles.

Especially in direct comparison with the 10 and the difference by the other barley is noticeable.

Young. Sweet. Vanilla. The whole thing seems fabricated to me. Why people pay more than 40€ for this bottle is beyond me.

Fun and very enjoyable. Clean malt

Tùsail is Gaelic for ‘original’ or ‘initial’, which refers to the two-row barley Maris Otter which used to be much more common for whisky production, but was abandoned in favor of barley with higher yields. This bottle can still be found for 125 to 150 EUR.

Jim Murray has awarded 92 points to the Tùsail.

Round malt whisky, a bit too smooth.

Aroma: Aromatic and exotic, fruity iniquity, vanilla, peach, pear. Very pleasant. Taste: easy start, pleasantly spicy, sweetish, here again an exotic impression, spices, fruity components interwoven with a hint of oak. When sipping, it is sweet and tart with spices and oak notes. Departure: Sweetish-tart with oak spice, pleasantly soft with a slight fruitiness and a hint of oak fading ...

It tastes quite oak forward, so to speak, which is a shame.

Very soft and delicate nose on vanilla and caramel. Well sweet already. Rich and creamy on the palate, touch velvety and elegant as Glenmorangie knows how to do it. Final a bit short. Little development and complexity. Certainly one of the least interesting Glenmorangie that I was given to taste. Enthusiasm 3/5

Tasted and assessed in a blind tasting - Pilot Olympics # CL2 - April 2020

Reminiscent of the 10-year-old original. Overall, however, very youthful and immature. 6. Member of the Private Edition - 06.03.2015

Joa, the oak and cereals were then too strong for me, a nice Bourboncaskmalt, but there is better.

Solid whisky, nicely balanced, not very striking but certainly pleasant.

a beautiful Glenmorangie, the barley change, I personally do not taste it, for me that could have been matured in good barrels 10 yo, which was bottled with 46%.

Aroma: malty, earthy, biscuit, toffee Taste: toffee, sweet malt, ginger, cinnamon, peach, orange and pears Finish: long-lasting and mouth-filling

Distillery: Glenmorangie (Tain, North Highlands) Age: NAS Barrel type: Bourbon Casks Alcohol content: 46% Price when released (March 2015): approx. 100 € My expectation: ... every year a new, limited edition Glenmorangie will be released as part of the Private Edition. Most of them are experimenting with the technique, in the field Glenmorangie are finally pioneers. So far, I was able to satisfy the filling ... I say it was good, there were good (Ealanta, Companta), very good (Finealta) and more arbitrary (Artein). The new edition was made with a rare barley species called Maris Otter and matured in bourbon casks. Sounds not exciting at first, but try is about studying ... Color: strong yellow Nose: ... at first quite hot, so probably from the alcohol, as well as some pepper, yes, pepper on a damp dinner bread from older wood. Due to the sharpness, fruity notes, pear and berries penetrate. (... maybe also a very soft smoky note?) Taste: At first spicy on the tongue, oak wood tones are just like the pear back with the party, plus vanilla and nut, typical Bourbon Fassabfüllung stops ... Finish: Medium long and dry, with a few drops sweetened ... Conclusion: for the claim of the series and for the price clearly not enough. The Glenmorangie 10 years is similar, but has an age and costs about 30 €. The price for the Tusail is now (mid-April 2015) at about 129 ¬, rising tendency ... For collectors maybe interesting, for friends of medium-sized Bourboncasks quite nice, but otherwise little is offered for the money. Also, in my opinion, the weakest representative of the Private Edition. 76 points.

Tasted in March 2015 at a private "party".

Sweet malt and fruity notes make a very traditional and very quaffable smooth dram of a high standard. If this was still available for 70-ish euros this would be on the top shelf without a doubt! Straightforward and very enjoyable.

- a nice solid gentleman malt with a special spicy side - yes, it has its own character and is also quite so different from other Private Editions or also to the standard 10 J. - has a special mint aroma in character - but for the price he doesn't convince me completely - for the "special" or "extraordinary". 100 - 120€ is very high

Too bitter, too spicy, too woody... I wasn't impressed by this whisky...

aroma: delicate, rounded, spices, vanilla Taste: soft, smooth, spices, vanilla, wood, varnish Fine whisky with woody notes in the taste

Beautiful Bourbon barrel whisky (I like it), he also has something interesting, willful, but price / limit / Brimborium - no thanks! For 50-60 € it would be mine, even with 50%, but so I prefer to buy an Edradour Bourbon Decanter ...

...I don't want to comment on any collector series or pricing here, but only on the malt! ...and this is already a very good malt in the Private Edition - if you like cinnamon and vanilla, you'll love this one...

A very pleasant and drinkable whisky, sunny, festive, a fairly wide palette of derivatives, there is some depth and compositional complexity, which, given the overall youth of the release, is pleasing, and there are no particular shortcomings here.

he looks young some good approaches, like the ripe orange meat in the nose or the beautiful malt coffee in the mouth unfortunately he has the artificial sweetness in his nose, the alcoholic notes and the bitter finish the typical glen weaknesses maybe he just needed a little more time in the barrel does not make me nervous but okay

Glenmorangie Tusail, 46% alc. original bottling Expansion: Ex-Bourbon barrels Region: Highlands, Scotland Special feature: 6th bottling in the limited "Private Edition", rare barley variety "Maris Otter." Nose: Similar to the first impression of the 10-year-old: apples, apricots and peaches, then a lot of vanilla and honey. But behind that comes a lot more. Distinct malt flavors, caramel and some toffee appear. Then semolina pudding and cream, also a light spice. Palate: Very mouth-filling, stimulates the salivation. The fruits become drier, with nuts, malt, caramel, honey and pastries. However, the pastry brings a slightly burnt note with it, should have left the oven five minutes earlier. It is followed by spices, including cinnamon and pepper. Finish: Medium length with an emphasis on a cinnamon spice blend and some dry oak. Conclusion: Acts like a highland malt and also has one or the other edge, so much more interesting than the 10-year-old. The nose is complex and simply beautiful, the palate goes in a slightly different direction, the finish is relatively simple. 83/100 points (tasted 2015 - approx. 85 €) Thank you Moet Hennessy for the rehearsal! Published: http://www.notesofmalt.de/notes-Highlands/Glenmorangie/Glenmorangie-Tusail,-46-OA/

[May, 2016]  Together with friends I emptied a bottle that I bought for 85,50 Euro in March, 2015. In my old rating system (ten scales that translate into WB points: 50 - 66 - 75 - 80 - 82,5 - 85 - 87,5 - 90 - 92,5 - 95) I scored it 85.  My notes state "it is a nice malt, nothing else..."

*This is Blind Tasting* Like a reflection of life. The nose captures the vibrance of youth, the palate carries the gravity of middle age, and the finish whispers the quietude of old age.

According to David Driscoll of K&L, it is 10 years old. http://spiritsjournal.klwines.com/klwinescom-spirits-blog/2015/1/23/knick-knacks.html

Very interesting whisky, shows the best side of its maltiness. Not very smooth but with a good overall balance. Not widely available anymore but still can be found at a reasonable price unlike earlier Private Edition releases.

Hay, vanilla, and an appreciable salty-iodized side. Malty cereals, dry earth and crunchy corn. Some floral reflections, on the violet. Salted butter caramel. Stable fairly clean, with the smell of wood walking around. A hint of smoke. Rose Turkish Delight with icing sugar. Limestone. On the palate, it is immediately spicy, full of character, on pepper, with some white fruits and banana. Behind, a hint of salt. Prickly pear. It's greedy on the finish, on candy sugar, quite long, grainy, but a little dry at the end. Slight bitterness. I liked the nose, with a nice balance between light fruit and iodine, floral fragrances and a gourmet side. https://ilikesky2020.blogspot.com/2021/11/glenmorangie-tusail.html

Tasting Notes: https://whiskycuse.wordpress.com/2016/02/10/glenmorangie-tusail-ob-ca-2015/