Mortlach 19 Year Old Manager's Dram

Mortlach 76.119 SMWS

This is an 18 year old Mortlach from a refill sherry butt distilled on July 19, 1995 and is one out of 586 bottles. SMWS USA sold it for $155. In color, light amber. This one was a challenge to appreciate because it was not the great triumvirate of malt + sherry + peat that we all know so well. Rather, it is an offbeat combination of chalky...

Score 88/100

Mortlach 16 Year Old

Nose: Heavy on the sherry in a very nice way, following on with a terry's chocolate orange. Taste: Sweet & syrupy with various dried fruits jumping around in your mouth, its hard to capture them all as they swirl into each other in perfect harmony. Finish: Long lovely sweetness with a smoky note running up the rear almost like a good cigar....

Score 92/100

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 16 Year Old 1995 A.D. Rattray

A.D. Rattray is an independent bottler. It has, in my experience, bottled both jewels and lesser gods. I am curious what this 16 Year Old Mortlach on cask strength will do for me. The sturdy and fresh nose bursts with fresh wood shavings and gooseberries. Honey and an especially big sweetness take control. Apricots and mandarin and even some...

Score 86/100