Mortlach 1957 Bottled 1980s Gordon Macphail

Mortlach 16 Year Old

A couple of years ago, under the pretext of a conference in Edinburgh about Italian Literature, we bought this Mortlach, our very first bottle of whisky: since then, nothing has ever been the same. It seems that in his Whisky Bible Jim Murray is not so kind with Mortlachs, often alluding to the high regard that these whiskies have in the German...

Score 84/100

Mortlach 16 Year Old

Wow! a deliciously sweet and fragrant dram, cost me a bit in The Albanach ob Edinburgh's Royal Mile but worth every penny, £12.95 Nose..dry, sherry quite sweet with smoke and peat. Palate...sherry and spice, smoke, peat, fruity and very assertive. Finish....long dry and extremely flavoursome

Score 100/100

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 17 Year Old 1988 Signatory Vintage

Today, the Speysider Mortlach, is still an important malt in the Johnnie Walker blends. John Walker & Sons were owners of the distillery for a long time. It is not easy to track down Mortlach as a single malt in official livery, hence you will need to check with the Indies. This 17 Year Old was bottled by Signatory in their Cask Strength...

Score 83/100