Mortlach 1968 37 Year Old Gordon & Macphail Private Collection

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 17 Year Old 1992 Exclusive Casks CWC

David Stirk recently gave his range a completely new look. Packaging is part of the deal, after all. This Mortlach was released in 2010 under the Exclusive Casks label, meaning it got a finish on a special cask. It was distilled on 2 November 1992 and after the regular maturation finished on a port hogshead. That explains the copper colour. This...

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 20 Year Old 1978 Rare Malts Selection

Ah… a golden oldie from the Rare Malts Selection, longer in the bottle by now than it ever spent in the cask. Distilled in 1978 and bottled after 20 years at a whopping 62.2% ABV. You’ll have a very hard time getting hold of this bottle now – or need very deep pockets – but I got my hands on it via a raffle and poured it as the finale in my online...

Score 89/100