Mortlach 14 Year Old 1998 cask 10998 The Malltman

Mortlach 10yo Private bottling O.De Bolle

No distillery stirred up a fuzz as Mortlach did in the last few weeks. Since Diageo announced the rebranding of The Beast of Dufftown, the blogosphere was sceptic and overjoyed at the same time. It nourished lively debates among bloggers and industry professionals. On the table is a 1984 Mortlach. A year that was famous for the launch of the...

Score 82/100

Mortlach 76.82

I've been working my way through my Society sample bottles that I received when I joined The Scotch Malt Whisky Society. I'd started with the Campbeltown, then the Islay. That left me with two Speysides. A fifteen year old and a twenty-one year old. The Speyside I decided to crack open was the fifteen year old. I pulled up the Society's handy...

Score 88/100

Mortlach 16 Year Old “Distiller’s Dram”

I have been a fan of Mortlach ever since I tried my first independent bottling a number of years ago. Later on, the 16-year old Flora & Fauna bottling became one of my staple malts. Which is why I was all the more disappointed by Mortlach’s revamp of its core range in 2014: below par quality, ludicrous 50cl bottles, expensive - well that’s my...

Score 90/100

Mortlach Old Malt Cask 12 Year Old

Floral and honeyed nose with a touch of burn. Extremely oaky spice, acetone and paint thinner. Sweet at the tip of the tongue, but very rich and hot finish. Long palate coating finish.

Score 78/100