Mannochmore 12 Year Old 1st Release Flora & Fauna

Mannochmore 28 Year Old 1982 Bladnoch Forum

I confess, Mannochmore is a distillery that appears rarely on my radar. In the two decades that I’m sipping whisky, this is only my 5th encounter with this Speysider. That surprises even me. Today one that spent almost three decades in the cask and was released almost a decade ago by the former owners of the Bladnoch distillery. Despite the long...

Score 86/100

Mannochmore 18 Year Old 1990

Nose: very expressive with sweet sherry notes, fruit gums and tons of vanilla. Very warm and highly sensual. Fruit cake with candied orange bits. Raspberries. Hints of tobacco. Just enough oak polish. A whole range of spices and mint. Very complex, lots of different elements, but they join up perfectly. Mouth: dried fruits again with added nutty...

Score 90/100

Mannochmore 11 Year Old 2007 The Ultimate Cask Strength

Mannochmore is one of the youngest distilleries in Speyside, founded in 1971. Just like the nearby Glenlossie it foms an important part in the Haig blend. It is also the distillery that produced the infamous black whisky Loch Dhu. But today I’ll try a recent bottling by the Dutch company van Wees. This young Mannochmore matured for 11 years on a...

Score 82/100

Mannochmore 15 Year Old 1984 Mackillop’s Choice

The label Mackillop’s Choice is a product from Angus Dundee, a blender from London. Today, they also own Glencadam and Tomintoul, but also sell a vast amount of bulk whisky to supermarkets. Mackillop refers to Mr Lorne Mackillop, the company’s Master Blender. This Mannochmore 1984 matured for 15 years and was bottled at a pretty high cask...

Score 86/100