Mortlach 14 Year Old Bottled 1980s Sestante

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 1990, 22 YO (AD Rattray)

from a friend Nose: Some oxidative sherry and light red fruit notes but it's all pretty soft and subtle strawberry, jammy baked goods. Vanilla and chocolate malt. A slightly salty note as well. Peaches, apricots, and other soft fruit in a salad (pears, perhaps). Lemon and waxy zest and wood. Evolves a bit with air, and some floral notes develop....

Score 84/100

Mortlach 16 Year Old

Nose: Big sherry, sweet tea and lemons, peppermint (specifically altoids), cinnamon, grapes, caramel. Taste: Sherry, rum raisin cake, maple syrup. Elegant. Finish: Sweet, spicy, and long. The very end of the finish gives me the feeling that I just finished a cigar. I've had tobacco notes turn up in whiskies before but this is especially...

Score 90/100

Mortlach 16 Year Old 1995 A.D. Rattray

A.D. Rattray is an independent bottler. It has, in my experience, bottled both jewels and lesser gods. I am curious what this 16 Year Old Mortlach on cask strength will do for me. The sturdy and fresh nose bursts with fresh wood shavings and gooseberries. Honey and an especially big sweetness take control. Apricots and mandarin and even some...

Score 86/100