Glenmorangie – "the Glen of Tranquility" – is a distiller of single malt Scotch whisky, located on the south coast of the Dornoch Firth, 1 mile North West of the town of Tain, Ross, Scotland. It is the best-selling single malt in the domestic market. Single malt Scotch is a type of Scotch whisky, distilled by a single distillery, using malted barley as the only grain ingredient. ... Dornoch Firth is an inlet in northern Scotland, near the Black Isle. ... Tain (Ordnance Survey grid reference NH779821) is a royal burgh in the county of Ross and Cromarty, in the Highland area of Scotland. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I...

Glenmorangie is distilled in the tallest pot stills in Scotland, at over 5.1 m (16 feet 10 inches) in height. The distillery claims this produces the purest spirit possible, though competitors claim it increases production at the expense of quality. The whisky is distributed in 10-, 12-, 15-, and 18-year-old varieties. Although The Glenmorangie is aged in American bourbon casks, also released are a range of malts that, after aging in bourbon casks, are transferred to casks that have been used previously to mature wines. This process is known as finishing, and Glenmorangie offers whisky finished in sherry, port wine, madeira, and burgundy casks. Another Glenmorangie innovation is their bottling of whisky that has matured in casks in the distillery's cellar, number 13, that lies closest to the sea. It is thought that this different environment gives the whisky a character distinct from the standard Glenmorangie. Distillation is a means of separating liquids through differences in their boiling points. ... Pot stills in Scotland A pot still is a type of still used in distilling spirits such as whisky or brandy. ... Bourbon bottle, 19th century Bourbon is an American form of whiskey made from (pursuant to U.S. trade law) at least 51% corn, or maize, (typically about 70%) with the remainder being wheat and/or rye, and malted barley. ... Finishing is the procedure that some single malt Scotch whisky undergoes whereby the spirit is matured in a cask of a particular origin and then spends time in a cask of different origin. ... Sherry solera Sherry is a type of wine originally produced in and around the town of Jerez, Spain; and hence in Spanish it is called Vino de Jerez. The towns Persian name during the Rustamid period was Xerex (Shariz, in Persian شريش), from which both sherry and Jerez are derived. ... Different port wines with corresponding colour Port wine (also known as Vinho do Porto, Porto, or simply Port) is a sweet, Fortified wine from the Portuguese Douro Valley in the northern part of Portugal. ... Madeira is a fortified wine made in the Madeira Islands of Portugal, which is prized equally for drinking and cooking; the latter use including the dessert plum in Madeira. ... Coat of arms of the 2nd duchy of Burgundy and later of the French province of Burgundy Burgundy (French: Bourgogne) is a historic region of France, inhabited in turn by Celts (Gauls), Romans (Gallo-Romans), and various Germanic peoples , most importantly the Burgundians and the Franks. ...

For most of its existence, Glenmorangie refused to sell whisky for use in blends, fearing that casks would find their way to independent bottlers. Recently, the distillery has sold casks to blenders with a very small amount of Glen Moray Single Malt added, so that the whisky is technically a vatted malt, and can not legally be bottled and sold as a single. Note that Glen Moray distillery is owned by the same parent company, Glenmorangie plc.

The Glenmorangie Company.

Glenmorangie used to be controlled by the Macdonald family, who helped to found it in 1893. It is now no longer an independent distiller. In 2004, the family sold it to Moet Hennessy, which is jointly owned by the French LVMH and the British Diageo (BBC article). LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton S.A. (Euronext: MC), usually shortened to LVMH, is a French holding company and the worlds largest luxury goods conglomerate. ... Diageo plc (LSE: DGE, NYSE: DEO) is the largest multinational beer, wine and spirits company in the world. ...

The company also produces another successful single malt, Ardbeg, on the Island of Islay, which was revitalised by the company in 1997. Other brands are the Speyside single malt Glen Moray. They also handle Bailie Nicol Jarvie, Martin's Deluxe and [Highland Queen blends. The bottling plant and Headquarters are currently in Broxburn, west of Edinburgh. Ardbeg Distillery Ardbeg is a single malt Scotch Whisky. ... Landsat image of Islay Islay (pronounced ; Scottish Gaelic: , or ee-luh), a Scottish island, known as The Queen of the Hebrides, is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides. ... Strathisla distillery in Keith, Strathspey Strathspey is the area around the valley of the River Spey, Scotland. ... Bailie Nicol Jarvie (colloquially BNJ) is a brand of whisky distilled and sold by Glenmorangie plc. ... Broxburn is the name of more than one place in the United Kingdom: Broxburn, East Lothian, Scotland Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Edinburgh (pronounced ; Scottish Gaelic: ) is the capital of Scotland and its second-largest city. ...

Pronunciation

The correct pronunciation of the name places the emphasis on the 'MORangie' (as in the pronunciation of 'orangey') [1], not the 'moRAN-gie', as commonly mis-pronounced by UK and US consumers alike. See External links below.

External links

• Glenmorangie official website
• Whisky pronunciation guide