My taste notes for Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban

[Quaich1]

This is my very first dram of Quinta Ruban:

Neat-

Nose: Black Forest cake then rum pound cake, honey n' oak, a bakery in full early morning production, Dijon mustard, wafting pungent heavy honey notes, spiced cocktail assorted nuts, peaches n' cream niblets, corn syrup, French vanilla and Turkish delight.

Palate: Stewed concentrated dark fruit and the immediate spice volcano whose lava fades quickly leaving warm cocoa notes, rich and creamy and then aged tobacco leaf, aromatic and lively.

Finish: Long, creaminess perseverates with mild spicy oak, port essences yield to port infused cigar and dark fruit preserves.

This is a delightfully complex Glenmorangie which flatters as a much older dram than it actually is, playing with older, refined malt company and becoming comfortable with this crowd, a kissing cousin of sorts.
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[Craven]

It really is a an excellent whisky this, i usually have a bottle in the cabinet for when the mood takes me for a port finished whisky.

[Quaich1]

[albo]

I have an unopened bottle of this in the house, along with a Lasanta.

I'll get round to opening them at some point in time I'm sure.

Reading your notes, I may speed up the opening of the QR, as the couple of port finihsed whiskys I have tried have been lovely and quite different (though possibly a little sulphured).

[Alexppp]

The one bottle I've had of the Quinta Ruban was a little bit disappointing - I can see what the attraction is, but at the same time there were unpleasant metallic notes, as well as a whiff of rubber that I didn't agree with... Maybe it was the particular bottle, I need to have another go at this.

[Quaich1]