Glenmorangie distillery

Glenmorangie distillery
Region: Highland
Location	Tain
Coordinates	57°49′33.2″N 4°4′40.8″W / 57.825889°N 4.078000°W
Owner	Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy
Founded	1843
Status	Operational
Water source	Tarlogie Springs in the Tarlogie Hills
No. of stills	6 wash stills; 6 spirit stills
Capacity	6.5 million litres per annum
Glenmorangie
Type	Single malt
Age(s)	Original (10 Years); "Extra Matured" Range (~12 Years); 18 Years; 25 Years
Cask type(s)	American white oak, ex-bourbon whiskey casks (main); Oloroso sherry casks; Ruby port casks; Sauternes wine casks; "Artisan" air-dried white oak casks
ABV	40–46%

Glenmorangie distillery (pronounced with the stress on the second syllable: listen^ⓘ; the toponym is believed to derive from either Gaelic Gleann Mòr na Sìth "vale of tranquillity" or Gleann Mór-innse "vale of big meadows")^[3] is a distillery in Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland, that produces single malt Scotch whisky.

The distillery is owned by The Glenmorangie Company Ltd (a subsidiary of Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy), whose main product is the range of Glenmorangie single malt whisky. Glenmorangie is categorised as a Highland distillery and boasts the tallest stills in Scotland.^[4] It is available in Original, 18-, and 25-year-old bottlings, special cask bottlings, cask finishes, extra matured bottlings, and a range of special edition bottlings.

^ "Glenmorangie Distillery - Whisky.com". 21 August 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016.
^ "Glenmorangie". maltmadness.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
^ The translation of "Glen of Tranquillity" implied by Glenmorangie commercials is derived from the similarly sounding Gleann Mòr na Sìth "great valley of peace"; at least this was the explanation given in reaction to a 2003 complaint to the Scottish Advertising Standards Authority about the alleged mistranslation ASA.org.uk Archived 10 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Glenmorangie Single Malt Scotch Whisky". Glenmorangie. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2007.

[1] "Glenmorangie Distillery - Whisky.com". 21 August 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016.

[2] "Glenmorangie". maltmadness.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.

[3] The translation of "Glen of Tranquillity" implied by Glenmorangie commercials is derived from the similarly sounding Gleann Mòr na Sìth "great valley of peace"; at least this was the explanation given in reaction to a 2003 complaint to the Scottish Advertising Standards Authority about the alleged mistranslation ASA.org.uk Archived 10 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[refa-4] "Glenmorangie Single Malt Scotch Whisky". Glenmorangie. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2007.

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Glenmorangie distillery

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