Mortlach 1991 Berry Bros & Rudd

Mortlach 12 - The Wee Witchie

Mortlach is one of those Diageo stepchild distilleries that was used mainly as blend fodder, for years it had no regular output under its name save one lonely 16 year old Flora & Fauna release. It gained notoriety as a darling of the Indie scene, many praising the almost meaty, full bodied characteristics of it's distillate especially when...

Score 81/100

Mortlach 12 Year Old (Whisky Shop Dufftown)

I will put my cards on the table. Mortlach is in my top 5 whiskies (perhaps not this bottling though). Ok lets start...On the nose. Fruity, dark chocolate (Belguim type not the cheap stuff), very slight hint of heather smoke. When I worked abroad two things stopped me from being overly home sick. The first was seeing a bottle of Glenfiddich and...

Score 90/100

Mortlach 1990 17 Year Old Sherry Cask

Recently smitten by Mortlach I've been out looking for cask strength offerings after buying the G&M 15yo 43% which is superb and picked up this Murray Mcdavid Mission series, 1990 17yo limited edition at 54.7%. Without water: Beautiful deep burnt orange colour with an amazing nose of rich sherry fruit cake with a zing of lemon and sherbet...

Score 95/100

Mortlach 19 Year Old 1990 Signatory Cask Strength Collection

This suspciously pale Mortlach from Signatory – in their Cask Strength Collection with those mighty decanters – was bottled from a sherry butt. I presume it was a refill sherry cask. No less than 639 bottles were filled at cask strength, some ten years ago. I recently presented it at an online masterclass and it divided the room. Well, the nose...

Score 84/100