1/Some whiskies get along with everyone. The Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 14 isn't quite that: it's loved most by the people already pouring it. A warm, easy dram with a following, and this week it asks a little more of you than the bottles around it.
2/Ask the drinkers of the bottles nearest it what the Quinta Ruban is worth to them, each starting from what they pay for their own, and the answers run from $81 to $133. At $147 it sits above all of them. Not for everyone, then; it's priced for its fans.
3/And the fans have their reasons. Marzipan, fresh apple and pear, milk chocolate and red berries on the nose, slow to arrive, then a fruity, spiced palate of soft gingerbread, molasses cake, cherry pie and dark chocolate, closing on hazelnut and cigar wrapper.
4/About 25 pours in the bottle, each about $5.79, a shade under the $6.28 a standard drink costs in a $13 pint at the pub. Curious and happy to pay for a well-liked dram? Yes. Already a fan? An easy yes. After the lowest price nearby? This one's pitched past you.
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