Mortlach 9 Year Old 2002 Provenance Douglas Laing

Mortlach 12 Year Old 2002 Dram 242

Dram 242 is a Belgian whisky shop, run by Dirk Verleysen. In 2014 they bottled a 12 Year Old Mortlach, only 77 bottles strong, shared with the German Maltbarn. Ha! This Mortlach is immediately in your face! Wonderful fruity notes (think apricots, coconut and stewed pears), loads of caramel (close to candied sugar) and some green herbs, but also...

Score 88/100

Mortlach 15 Year Old 2007 - SIGNATORY VINTAGE

A delightfully received Xmas gift - although much suggestive psychology, aka nagging, was employed - was this little beauty. I've been enjoying Mortlach lots, of late, and this was a big ticket item so hopes were high. Been open five months with just under half left. Review is with a few drops of water and sat a good forty minutes or more, and...

Score 90/100

Mortlach 18

After tasting the very impressive mortlach 25, I now get the chance to review the little sister, this 18yo is a mixture of American oak and European sherry casks, both first fill and re fill casks were used. This is a 50cl bottle and has an abv of 43.4%… Nose.. At first it is a little underwhelming, not the nose I expected….. BUT.. wait 10 minutes...

Score 86/100

Mortlach 23 Year Old 1991 MacKillop’s Choice

Well, look at that. A Mortlach that matured on a sherry cask for no less than 23 years and then yielded 610 bottles at almost 57%. It was chosen by Lorne MacKillop, whose roots actually go back to Clan MacKillop, who was at the front line of the Battle of Culloden in 1745. The rooms fills up with a wonderful scent from the moment I pour this dram:...

Score 87/100