Glenmorangie Lasanta

My uncle's bottle held its own with time. It's good, inoffensive is a good term here. It's not spectacular but doesn't put you off...

Agreed! I think it's a good example of Sherry aging. Very approachable. However usually for me the Lasanta carries an off note of chewed liquorice bubblegum.

@Alexsweden I haven't had much of that so maybe that's why I didn't pick it up. I may have had that nasty candy once as a child.

@Alexsweden For the last 5 years, all Glenmo had an off note for me and this year, in the young stuff, It was back to taste it used to be. I bought a bottle of Lasanta because of that and to the fact that it supposed to be a good year for it.

@casualtorture Sometimes I find that the classic malts like Glenmorangie, Glenlivet, Glenfiddich and others like Macallan and Balvenie are look at, in their regular offering,, as too common and having nothimg spectacular and it's maybe true, but I also thing that we don't appreciate them to their true value by forgetting that they defined and still define what Scotch is basicaly supposed to taste like. It's a bit like French wine compare to New World wine, the latest are often spectacular but on the long run you realy appreciate the first a bit more.

@casualtorture, there are quite a few areas in which I would disagree with Jim Murray, but one area in which I would be in total agreement is that Glenmorangie Lasanta, until about 3 years ago was totally sulphured shit. I've had some since, about 2 years ago, that was as you portray it: unpretentious, inoffensive, and actually pretty good. Would I trust Lasanta now? I am still leery that a bottle of that terrible old stuff might still be lurking on some store's shelves. It would probably be ok to own just now, but the shivers run deep in me at the memory of the foul Lasanta I have drunk in the past.

@Robert99 Apparently Benromach 10 is an “Old Style Speyside”. I’m not any kind of authority, but if that’s true then more Speyside distilleries should follow suit.

I’ve never tried Lasanta, but I’ve had a Farclas 12 for about 4 weeks now and I’ve only had about 3 drams of it. I’m hoping time improves it. As of this writing, it’s no more impressive than Glenfiddich 12, which is fine, but Farclas is priced about $20 above ‘fiddich so I’m not impressed.

Air should help with your Glenfarclas 12 yo, but it might take a lot of it, like years worth. I was not too taken with my one bottle of Glenfarclas 12 yo either, though just about when I finished it off, 4 years later, I liked it a little better. No, Glenfarclas 12 yo is not like the 15 yo. Truly, it is difficult to understand why Glenfarclas 15 yo is usually SO much better than any of their other offerings up to at least the 25 yo (for me the 40 yo).

Would I buy Glenfarclas 12 yo again? I have not, so far, despite it being on sale for about $ 41, incl tax. Would I? Maybe, but there is no urgency.

@Victor I don’t think making it last will be a problem. Besides, Lot 40 CS is dominating my thoughts alongside the Ardbeg Uigeadail which is hopefully on its way before year’s end. Oh, and there’s Redbreast 12 CS available online through the LCBO that keeps calling my name.

@OdysseusUnbound, I tasted Lot 40 CS in New Orleans a couple of months ago. It's good. Is it as impressive as I and @Dramlette were hoping? No. But certainly worth having in your cabinet. I'd like to taste 2 or 3 more drams of it, but I don't need a bottle. Sure, I know, CASK STRENGTH ANYTHING CANADIAN is big news in Canada, and it is well to commemorate the novelty of it by owning some.

Really I do not understand how anyone would voluntarily go without Uigeadail for years at a time. Yeah, yeah, LCBO prices...get someone to bring you some from another country.

...including that "other country" Alberta.

@Victor That’s what @Nozinan has been gracious enough to help me with...

@OdysseusUnbound I give 2 thumbs up, 3 if I had em, to the Redbreast CS.

I enjoyed the farclas 12. Not nearly as much as the 15yo, which is a world class whisky.

@Victor I'm not sure it's voluntary for many of us here to go without Uigeadail. I have very few family or friends that travel across the border, and of those that do, it doesn't always seem appropriate to ask or is a big imposition to put them in. I love Uigeadail and would gladly stock 5 bottles or so...but alas.

@Mancub Looks like I may need to begin providing a public service from Calgary. Or, the Toronto (and Sudbury and Greater Barrie area) Connosrs should just meet frequently and drink from the same bottle...

@Nozinan I like your thinking ;)