Miltonduff 1966 23 Year Old Sestante for Spinola

Miltonduff 35 Year Old 1966 Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask

This Miltonduff has spent more than a decade in the bottle and matured for 35 years before that. It was distilled before I was born and bottled under the famous banner Old Malt Cask. Since the split of the Douglas Laing company, OMC is no longer part of Fred Laing’s company, but part of his brother Stewart’s new company Hunter Laing & Co. This...

Score 88/100

Miltonduff 10 Year Old/Gordon & Macphail Discovery "Sherry"

Back in 2018, Gordon & Macphail launched a new series to go along with its "Connoisseurs Choice" range as well as a couple of lesser-known ranges. This new range is based on "bold flavour profiles" and is divided into three categories: "Sherry", "Smoky", and "Bourbon". Currently there are six...

Score 85/100

Miltonduff 21 Year Old 1992 The Whisky Cask

While there are hardly any official bottlings (the lion’s share goes into Ballantine’s, Old Smuggler and Teacher’s), Miltonduff is quite easily found with independent bottlers. This is one of those, albeit already a couple of years on the market. The sherry cask gave it a lovely copper hue. At first, the nose shows quite a bit of sulpher, but that...

Score 84/100

Miltonduff 9 Year Old 2005 Duncan Taylor Octave

An Octave is a small cask – about an eight of a regular hogshead – and in this case, according to the label, it was a reconstructed ex-sherrywood octave cask. A mouthful. It was released especially for The Nectar last year. The influence of the wood is immediately apparent on the nose. Loads of spices – woodspice, ginger and cinnamon – precede...

Score 84/100