Miltonduff 1989 Cask 19 Celebration of the Cask Carn Mor

Miltonduff 1969

NOSE: brown sugar, strawberry jam, mint, orange marmalade, herbal, tannic over-brewed black tea, chocolate-covered prunes. TASTE: syrup consistency, but then with time it becomes looser. It explodes in your mouth with big spices, dried fruit and cranberries towards the finish with a lot of tannins that accompany the entire experience. FINISH:...

Score 82/100

Miltonduff 9 Year Old 2005 Duncan Taylor Octave

An Octave is a small cask – about an eight of a regular hogshead – and in this case, according to the label, it was a reconstructed ex-sherrywood octave cask. A mouthful. It was released especially for The Nectar last year. The influence of the wood is immediately apparent on the nose. Loads of spices – woodspice, ginger and cinnamon – precede...

Score 84/100

Miltonduff 8 Year Old 1999 Daily Dram

Miltonduff is one of the old distilleries, operational since 1824 (or even before that, albeit illegaly). It is one of the malts that gives body and character to blends like Ballantine's, Teacher's, Old Smuggler and Chivas Regal. But today we will try an independent bottling from Daily Dram. They dubbed this 8 Year Old ‘Mille Tonnes d'Oeufs’ (a...

Score 82/100

Miltonduff 19 Year Old 1994 WM Cadenhead

The reason why Miltonduff is not very well known as a single malt has everything to do with the fact that owners Chivas use the lion’s share of production for blends like Ballantine’s, Teacher’s and Old Smuggler. Cleary it is a fruity allrounder. But independent bottler Cadenhead released this Miltonduff 1994 a few years back at drinking strength....

Score 82/100