Signatory 30th Annv Mortlach 1991

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Bottled at 51.7% after 27 years in a Refill Sherry Butt, No. 4239, only 542 Bottles were filled. We have brought two bottles in to Canada, for a special one off Signatory 30th Anniversary Tasting. At the time of writing, we have only one remaining for sale. We are not sure if we can get any more.Part of Signatory's 30th Anniversary lineup!

Andrew's Tasting Note

Nose: classic big sherry Mortlach; Eatmore candy bars, chocolate fudge and aged brandy soaked Christmas cake; meaty and a touch leathery with both decadent and dark spices; wet Jujubes and licorice babies; a touch of sweet pipe tobacco.

Palate: round, rich and spicy; this is big, earthy, leathery and nutty; more meaty-leathery tones with earthy dunnage warehouse notes and bolder, firmer tobacco than the nose implied; more crisp, decadent and dark spices: clove, anise, licorice root and wormwood; there is a touch of chocolate, like the nose, but it is unsweetened and bitter; the Eatmore candy bar is there too along with some chewing tobacco.

Finish: long, drying, nutty and very spicy; this a bold, meaty sherried dram from start to finish.

Comment: I know a lot of you are reading this with your thumb on the sulphur panic button... I'm pretty sure you won't find any here, other than the characteristic meatiness of Mortlach whisky; having said that, this is a very darkly sherried dram, not a sweet style of sherried single malt; see a lot of parallels to Macallan 25 that was and Yamazaki 25 to boot; I'd be curious to see how this whisky opens up as it oxidizes in an open bottle; big, bold, lovely... Mortlach!

 

700 ml