Mortlach 15 Year Old 1996 Old Malt Cask Douglas Laing

Mortlach 13 Year Old 1997 Silver Seal

Silver Seal is an Italian independent bottler with an ironclad reputation. I have tried quite a few of their releases and Massimo Righi – I am allowed to call him Max – surely knows how to select good casks. Almost ten years ago, he offered this Mortlach 1997. So it’s only 13 years old, but still has an ABV of over 60%. Oh, that color! This might...

Score 87/100

Mortlach 20 Year Old 1997 ‘The Cigar Malt’ Chieftain’s

Although the distillery is not mentioned on the label, it is a public secret that this is a Mortlach. Ian MacLeod has bottled a couple of these Speysiders under the ‘Cigar Malt’ banner – which made some think this was a Dalmore, but that is not the case. The mahogany color alone makes me want to give this a try. OMG… this is great! A veritable...

Score 90/100

Mortlach 12 Year Old 2007 Carn Mor Strictly Limited

I must confess, the first time I tried this Mortlach, I was not very impressed. The second time was much better, but I still was not convinced. I’m writing these notes during the third round (luckily I got quite a big sample from my buddy Manny, allowing me to try it even five times). It keeps getting better. The nose is honeysweet on red fruit,...

Score 85/100

Mortlach 30 Year Old 1987 Cask Ends Cadenhead

If you’ve ever done a warehouse tasting at Cadenhead’s (meaning Springbank), knows that they have quite a few gems there that you can bottle directly from the cask. This is one of those typical Cask Ends, from Mortlach. The bourbon cask was put to sleep in 1987 and after 30 years of maturation was filled at cask strength. That is to be taken very...

Score 88/100