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One of a pair of 25 year old 1993 Mortlach casks acquired by a distillery from a private owner. 385 bottles from a Refill Hogshead cask, No. 4466.
Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: Marocan marmalade and salted butter on rough wholegrain bread; sticky toffee pudding with treacle sauce; maple toffee and Scottish tablet; plum and fig jam as well as Jujubes and soft leather.
Palate: round, fruity and spicy with a firm base of candied fruits, smooth leather and crisp spices; earthy dunnage warehouse notes, dark bakers chocolate, espresso bean and salty Dutch licorice; classic meaty-subtlely sulphurry Mortlach tones and some late tobacco.
Finish: long, sherried and spicy; classic Mortlach: big fruits, leather and chocolate with late tobacco.
Comment: spicier than the sister cask, but just as fruity; a lovely rounded Morlach.
Producer's Tasting Note
"Good beading, from a refill Sherry Hogshead. Rich mahogany in colour.
"On the nose: buttery scrambled egg on a brioche bun; Treacle and a touch of balsamic vinegar glaze. After a while, the nose develops further – roast beef jus remaining in the roasting tin with a subtle hint of rowan jelly. Tannic and fruity to taste (fresh brambles).
"With water, becomes sweeter. Thornton’s treacle toffee. Sweetness is mirrored on the palate with Werther’s Originals fudge."
$999.99
The 25 year is bottled at 43.4%, which the Master Blender feels is the best bottling strength for the distillery. it has been matured exclusively in 100% Re-Fill Ex-American oak barrels. Beautifully packaged, the bottles pay tribute to the distillery's onetime owner George Cowie who was also a Victorian architect involved in the design of railway bridges and viaducts.
Diageo stirred up a lot of attention when they decided to launch a core range of Mortlach this year, mainly due to the whiskies prices, and the fact that most markets will be getting 500ml bottles. Well, rest asured Canadians, our proximity to the US has ensured we get 750ml bottles, and while the price for this 25 year old expression is high, it is better the European prices, and the quality is there. Mortlach has long been a popular whisky with single malt drinkers, and until recently was primarily only available from independent bottlers. There was an official bottling under Diageo's Flaura & Fauna series, but this has been discontinued. The distillery counters the questions around price noting the very small number of barrels selected to ensure the best level of quality. The Mortlach 25 Year is available only in very small quantities.
Andrew's Tasting Note:
Nose: classic older whisky notes, smooth leather, silky white chocolate and beeswax and subtle sweet perfumes; salted caramel vanilla icecream, mangoes and papaya, powdered spice.
Palate: beautiful, very honeyed, more beeswax and tropical fruits with an overall antique character; even more elegant than the 18 but still very vibrant and fruity; layer upon layer; more fuzzy peaches, jujubes and some of the early browning apple.
Finish: very elegant, extremely smooth and layered; the waves keep coming.
