Whisky Forum - New bottle day tomorrow......thoughts?

Fightingirish

Picking up a new bottle for Thanksgiving. I have it down to three.

1) Balvenie 12 year Single barrel 129.00 Cdn

2) Glenmorangie Nectar D'Or. 123.00 Cdn

3) Glengoyne 15 year old. 86.95 Cdn

I have not tasted either of them before. Your thoughts?

Also open to other suggestions

Quaich1 · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:17 pm Post subject:

I would go for Glenmorangie Nectar D'Or, a lovely drop.
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Diademo · Master Of Malts Joined: 22 Aug 2012 Posts: 1255

All three are great malts.

I don't want to add additional stress to your purchasing decision but why not consider Glendronach 15 or Glenfarclas 15 as well?

My favourite would be Glendronach 15.

Fightingirish · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 12:05 am Post subject:

Samson · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 1:39 am Post subject:

You cant go wrong with either the Balvenie of=r Glenmorangie, both very good.

cobrajetjoe · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 2:27 am Post subject:

The Balvenie single barrel first fill12 is great, miles better than the doublewood. It would be my choice.

sorren · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 4:56 am Post subject:

I'm a big fan of balvenie but I do think the 12 single barrel is a little weaker than the other expressions in the balvenie range, but it is still worth a punt, after all it is a single barrel.. The nector dor is a lovely sweet whisky, I would choose from these two personally but the glengoyne is good too 😁.. Hope that helped 😕

opelfruit · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 6:02 am Post subject:

I've not had the Glengoyne so cant comment. I found the Nectar D'Or sweet and a little unintredting/uninspiring when I had it, but that's personal taste, so my vote would be for the Balvenie; solid whisky. Not the best in their line up by any means but it's done well and it's full of the usual Balvenie profile.

Holy jebus, you suffer worse than we do from the price demon.
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Brummie · Master Of Malts Joined: 08 Feb 2010 Posts: 661

I will add my vote for the Balvenie 12 year Single barrel, by far the best of this bunch for me.

Fightingirish · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 12:23 pm Post subject:

Appreciate the feedback. 👍

percyhedgehog · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 2:58 pm Post subject:

I have the Glengoyne 15 but haven't opened it yet. Reviews I've read say the 12 is better, and I loved the 12.

If those are your choices, I'd ask, are the other two $40 worth better?
But than I am biased against Glenmorangie, haven't liked any of them I've tried.

Glengoyne would be my advice, or Bowmore Tempest if you like Islay, since it's newly available and only $82
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William · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2015 6:49 pm Post subject:

3 different styles of whisky, but the 2 quality whiskies here are the Balvenie and the Glenmorangie. As always it comes down to personal taste which is the best but all are worth a try.
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Fightingirish · Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 11:04 pm Post subject:

My thanks for all the input. As I was holding the Balvenie 12 single barrel, I noticed this bottle. According to Whisky.com this is a limited bottling that is different from the 18 year that Glenfiddich normally releases.

Anyway, I went back and picked her up.

sorren · Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 4:27 pm Post subject:

👍 you should enjoy that .. Although I thought this was the standard release 18 yo now 😐

CGRenn · Master Of Malts Joined: 09 Feb 2015 Posts: 684

I don't think it is... The standard doesn't have the reservè cuvèe blah blah written on the bottle. Looks lovely!