Glenmorangie, Finealta, Private Edition, 46% abv. (750ml) Cote de Beaune Smith Bowman Distillery

Smith Bowman Distillery

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additional aging seems to bring out a little harshness in the añejo variation

Laurent-Perrier has developed the mastery of a very particular and rare know-how in Champagne: maceration

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Glenmorangie, Finealta, Private Edition, 46% abv. (750ml) Cote de Beaune Smith Bowman DistilleryThe second release in Glenmorangie's series of Private Editions (the first being the hugely popular Sonnalta), Finealta has sparked interest in that same lightly peater barley has been used in its creation supposedly inspited in an (ahem) recently discovered 1903 prder for Glenmorangie ifor the Savoy hotel. The name is Gaelic for 'Elegance', it says here, and Finealta has been matured in ex sherry and plain new American oak casks. NOSE: Full bodied