So this is a post that is a long time coming. Last summer The Whiskey Tasters got the chance to try a bottle of The Glenmorangie Signet. We tried it at the same time as The Dalmore Alexandre III that I posted about a while ago. The short version of the night was it was a really great night to be drinking scotch.
Now the longer story. We decided being summer that we would have a special night where we blew up the budget to try some really great scotch. The only hesitation that was originally had about The Glenmorangie Signet was that it was a No Age Statement (NAS) scotch. Now none of us are snobs. We are all open to trying anything. That’s not to say we don’t have preferences. Some like their scotch peated and some don’t for example, but I think most of us, fall into the snobbery of aged scotch. I mean we like to know how long it’s been maturing generally and can lean towards bottles that have ages. So this night was a bit of, we felt, a gamble. Since both bottles were not cheap bottles and both were NAS bottles. After our first sips we were all sure that we had just tried some amazing scotch
The Glenmorangie Signet is just simply amazing. As I said with The Dalmore I could just write Wow!! and end the article there. It’s no wonder it won Whisky of the Year at the 2016 International Whisky Competition. You can tell that when they made this whisky they did it because they wanted to. They enjoyed making this one and we all enjoyed drinking it.
Now is it worth the price? Running at $300 at the SAQ in Quebec and $340 at the LCBO in Ontario it’s definitely up there on pricing. Not something most of us would spend on a single bottle of anything, but the honest answer is if you like scotch you’ll love this bottle. The plus is the bottle is really nice and displays well. You could likely buy one and drink it only on special occasions and be happy you have it.
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