Glenmorangie Astar Makes A Return

[William]

After almost 10 years since the original release of the Glenmorangie Astar it is making a return in 2017. Glenmorangie have announced the release of a Glenmorangie Astar 2017 limited edition which will be available priced £74 from next month.

More info here:
http://www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/glenmorangieastar.htm
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[gfspencer]

Thanks for the heads up. That looks interesting.

[Brummie]

Cheers William, I will certainly have a bottle or two as I did like the original Glenmorangie Astar

[JKD]

Good to see it return, I wonder how big the release will be.

[Graeme H]

This is a blast from the past hopefully it is as good as the original.

[William]

I tasted the new Glenmorangie Astar 2017, the spice which was in the original Astar is more refined and not so in your face immediately but it is still there and balances very well with the delicious fruitiness and sweet vanilla and honey.

You can read my review here:
http://www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/glenmorangieastar.htm
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[Forbes]

Sounds good William, you make a good point about Glenmorangie having a top class spirit to work with, no doubt I will have a bottle of the new Astar.

[tahoepg]

Astar marketing hype makes a big deal out of the very specific trees used for maturation, which begs the question, where does the majority of "regular" oak come from? How does the Astar cask treatment differ from "regular"?

[Diademo]

[Bookie]

I was drinking the Glenmorangie Astar over the weekend, it is a superb dram.

[tahoepg]

Thanks for the links... still begs the question, how specifically are the Astar casks different from standard casks? The article notes that "oak used for bourbon maturation is mainly sourced from Kentucky and Missouri, where the dominant species are Q.alba, Q.bicolor and Q.macrocarpa." So, it would appear as though Missouri white oak is a fairly standard cask in the bourbon/scotch trade. And per Glenmorangie's site, the standard 10 is "maturing for ten long years in a range of ex-bourbon casks such as our famous slow-grown and air-dried 'designer casks' from Missouri". So, perhaps the 10 uses some of the same casks used for Astar? Moreover, if this is such a custom project, wouldn't the specific bourbon used be critical information?

I like the dram, but I can't help but feel as though there is just a bit more marketing hype here.

[Archer]

There is always marketing hype, I am sure they have done something off the beaten track here but I am not that interested in the details just what is in the bottle and on this occasion it is excellent, and that is all that matters at the end of the day