Miltonduff 7 Year Old 2005 cask 9239 Provenance Douglas Laing

Miltonduff 21 Year Old 1992 The Whisky Cask

While there are hardly any official bottlings (the lion’s share goes into Ballantine’s, Old Smuggler and Teacher’s), Miltonduff is quite easily found with independent bottlers. This is one of those, albeit already a couple of years on the market. The sherry cask gave it a lovely copper hue. At first, the nose shows quite a bit of sulpher, but that...

Score 84/100

Miltonduff 9 Year Old 2005 Duncan Taylor Octave

An Octave is a small cask – about an eight of a regular hogshead – and in this case, according to the label, it was a reconstructed ex-sherrywood octave cask. A mouthful. It was released especially for The Nectar last year. The influence of the wood is immediately apparent on the nose. Loads of spices – woodspice, ginger and cinnamon – precede...

Score 84/100

Miltonduff 30 Year Old 1982 Duncan Taylor

The Duncan Taylor Single is a series of single malts of at least 30 years or from distilleries that are no longer operational – or both. There are only 53 bottles of this 30 Year Old Miltonduff! I discovered it at a local festival. The nose is very aromatic and fruity. Very fruity, in fact. Peach, young apples, pineapple and some unripe banana....

Score 87/100

Miltonduff 9 Year Old 2008 Duncan Taylor The Octave

Duncan Taylor has a series called ‘The Octave’, in which whisky matured in a smaller cask. After all, on octave is only 1/8th of a regular barrel. So maturation is faster as there is more contact with the wood. That probably explains why this Miltonduff was bottled after only 9 years (along with some sister casks). The nose is very herbal and...

Score 83/100