WhiskyCritic recently had the opportunity to enjoy a taste of Glenmorangie Nectar D’or [French translation – “nectar of gold” or “the golden nectar”] and were not displeased with the results.
Glenmorangie is a Highland-based distillery and WC has previously displayed a hankering for the Highland-based distilleries, so this was not exactly going out on a limb for WC, but it is still a good practice to check in every once in awhile to make sure some of the Highlands are still producing good products and we are pleased to report that – at least in the case of Glemorangie Nectar D’or – they are.
The tasting notes were as advertised – fruity and smooth at the beginning and hitting a toffee plateau later – and since people’s palates tend to be so varied, WC would liken the variety of fruit notes to be similar to the Academy Award-winning feature film “Everything Everywhere All At Once” – where we felt some of the fruit notes were citrus and peach but we could see others feeling different fruits than those. Toffee finishing notes, though, seem to be mostly universal on this particular single malt.
Glenmorangie Nectar D’or is not a knock-your-socks-off peaty whisky but more in the subtle, keep-your-composure whisky [that will hit you later if you are not paying close enough attention] and additionally, it is an generally affordable whisky [$75-$95 per bottle, depending on where you are purchasing it] to most of the populace who do not happen to be millionaires or even billionaires.
Overall, WC awards Glenmorangie Nectar D’or Highland single malt whisky a 93 out of 100 on the WC scale of whisky goodness.
