Mortlach 1957 22 Year Old Samaroli

Mortlach 1990 22 Year Old, Chieftan's (K&L) Exclusive

Cask #5160, sample from a friend Before kicking this off with the usual notes, I thought that it was appropriate to say that I paid particular attention to the wood influence in it due to interest in and concern about oak in it. Having just had another 1990 Mortlach 22 Year Old from an IB, I thought that I'd have a good point of comparison....

Score 87/100

Mortlach 21 Year Old

This was close to a blind purchase for me. Perhaps a one-eye-shut purchase would be more accurate. I had a wee sample of Mortlach 21 last winter and was suitably impressed. This, plus my fondness for the 15 yo (another Gordon & McPhail bottling), convinced me that this rather pricey IB would be a well-calculated risk. I can’t complain about...

Score 91/100

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 12 Year Old The Wee Witchie

For years Mortlach was only available as a 16 Year old in the Flora & Fauna series, but in 2015 Diageo decided to ‘premiumise’ the brand. It was replaced by a NAS (Rare Old), and 18 and 25 years old, but the prices were so high that the bottles gathered dust on the shelves. So Diageo rethought their strategy and replaced the core range once...

Score 84/100