Mortlach 1949 Sherry Cask Gordon & Macphail

Mortlach 14 Year Old 1998 C&S Dram Collection

The German C&S Dram Collection is the brainchild of Andrea Caminneci. I will be putting two Mortlach he selected head to head: this 14 Year Old from 1998 (bottled in 2013) against a 16 Year Old from 1995 (bottled in 2011). The cask numbers are 3805 and 3398 respectively. A little H2H experiment. The difference in color is huge. Let’s start...

Score 85/100

Mortlach G&M 13 YO Exclusive bottling for COOP Calgary

Mortlach is referred to by some as a "Beefy Malt". The person who sparked my interest in Scotch had gifted me a bottle of Diageo's Rare Malts series. That's a 22 year old distilled in 1972 clocking in at just over 65%. Thing is, he gave me one bottle. Now it just makes sense that I not make that my first taste of Mortlach. So my plan has...

Score 77/100

Mortlach 1991 / 24 Year Old / Cask #4240 / Signatory

I've always heard a lot of hype surrounding these older cs releases of Signatory Mortlach, so for Christmas, I decided to order a sample from Master of Malt. Here are my thoughts on this particular batch and if the hype surrounding Mortlach is merited or not. First Neat: Nose: Initially you get a phosphorus smoke smell reminiscent of burnt match...

Score 85/100

Mortlach 18yr old Signatory 1995

In the glass it is pale like a Chardonnay. The nose gives you popcorn, vanilla, olive oil, pears and grapefruit. Palate: Vanilla, hint of strepsils (throat sweets), caramel fudge, pears. THe finish is short but sweet. Honey lingers and actually builds before fading.

Score 84/100