Miltonduff 28 Year Old 1982 Rare Auld Duncan Taylor

Miltonduff 21 Year Old 1994 Gordon & Macphail Cask Strength

This Miltonduff was bottled by one of Scotland’s oldest indies: Gordon & Macphail. It was released in their famous Cask Strength series at – doh! – cask strength. It is a first fill sherry cask, which the beautiful, dark color underlines. The nose is dark and sweet, but at first shows something very floral, almost perfumy, and quite herbal....

Score 86/100

Miltonduff 15 Year Old 2004 Malts of Scotland

This is already the fifth cask of Miltonduff that Thomas and his team have bottled. This time it’s a sherry cask – very active judging by the color – that slept about 15 long years. Looks like we are in for a sherry bomb. Yup, from the minute I put my nose in the glass, I’m overwhelmed by ‘deep sherry’ as I like to call it. Immediately dark and...

Score 87/100

Miltonduff 1971 Duncan Taylor Lonach

Although the name Miltonduff is not heard often as a single malt, it is a high-capacity distillery and considered the most important component of the Ballantine’s blend. It’s one of the key plants in the Chivas / Pernod Ricard group. Gordon & MacPhail has semi-official bottlings of Miltonduff such as a regular 10 years old. As you know, the...

Score 92/100

Miltonduff 13 Year Old 2007 Old Particular for Prima Vinum

Prima Vinum, a Belgian whisky shop, selected a sherry butt that was put to sleep in 2007 at Douglas Laing, containing spirit from the lesser known Miltonduff distillery. They had it bottled last August exclusively for their shop. Dark and sweet, fruity and creamy nose on bread pudding, raisins, candied sugar and sweetened buttermilk. Some sniffing...

Score 88/100