Nice standard, but since the "12" on the label and the price hike in the direction of 50 € I like less to the QR than before. Nevertheless - always a good recommendation for beginners who want to go in the fruity direction, good example of successful portfinish.

Amazing right from the first sip. I like it!

Yes, I like it a lot better than at the first tasting. Today especially a lot of baking cocoa, vanilla and peanuts as well as raspberries and sour cherries, the bourbon impression is palpable. The oxidation in the bottle seems to get the Malt good, the alcoholic from the first tasting is no longer so dominant.

Nose: fresh, fragrant tart, wonderfully fruity grapes, strong vanilla, soft, delicate malt note, tart tart seasoning, honey sweetness, nutmeg, cinnamon, wax

Taste: slightly noticeable alcohol, light tingling, light fruit acid, ports, exotic nonspecific fruits, mint notes on the palate, with the 2 sips, the wood aromas are much stronger, they are very slightly bitter, tart spicy a little edgy and go into the dry over, at times he comes to my taste a little "thin" over - he has enough alcohol but the aroma I wish for a while intensively, I find interesting that wood and portnotes alternate on the palate and sometimes the one and the other flavor gains the upper hand, are in the finish the Portweinnoten rather reserved here dominates the wood and goes into sawdust.

Conclusion: for his price a very good Dram (~ 40 €) the nose is far from the taste for me, if I buy it I do not know, not at first, too unsettling and so many other malts to taste

The nose is almost chewing gum-sweet. On the tongue he gets the points, wonderfully soft and creamy. For 12 years already very far.

In the first impression, a very mild and inconspicuous whisky with beautiful berries, but on the palate then plays out his full potential. He sets out with a spicy fruit palette and makes the taste buds dance to their full complexity. Great whisky!

We had the Quinta Ruban in the tasting with the 12-year-old Glenallachie and the Pedro Ximenez of Glengoyne in the blind tasting. All 46%. Surprisingly, the Quinta Ruban failed because of its poorly integrated alcohol in direct comparison to the other two whiskys in all of us.

I tried it again a few days later. It was not an improvement.

The color was still promising. The smell of chocolate, cherry and red berries also made you want more.

But unfortunately, the taste was completely replaced by the strong alcohol in the background. Chocolate with a light acid tried to outrank the alcohol.

The finish was a little better, but again the alcohol was so strong that it could easily be confused with a chilli note.

Overall the worst Glenmorangie I've ever had.

Interesting. Much hazier than I thought. Probably had sherry barrel in mind, but port is ;-) still very interesting. I like it