Mortlach 70 Year Old 1938 Generations

Mortlach 1987 23 Year Old Mackillop's Choice

This particular Mortlach was distilled on 15 October 1987 and was bottled by Mackillop's at cask strength from cask number 3689 in April 2011. The nose is beautiful with notes of dark chocolate, toffee, sweet jelly and a hint of smoke. With water there is milk chocolate and honey. The palate is full-bodied with beeswax, toffee and a discreet...

Score 88/100

Mortlach SMWS 76.82 "Gunpowder green and lava rock"

Nose: Malty and very vegetal. I see where they get the Green peppers from the name. Honey. I'm not sure that I like this vegetal quality and strength. It's a bit off to me and bitter-sour. Vanilla and peppery. Just a bit odd, really. (with water) More frosting, vanilla, and light flour (yes) sweetness. More malty and thankfully the vegetal notes...

Score 78/100

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

Mortlach 19 Year Old 1997 Brachadair

Brachadair is actually Gaelic for maltman or brewster, derived from the Latin brasiator. Just a little side note. Patrick and his Brachadair team bottled a great cask of Mortlach 1997 at a whopping 54,3%. It was distilled in June 1997 and bottled in July 2016, so a full 19 years old. Wow, this is a dark Mortlach. Dark in the sense that it offers a...

Score 89/100