Description

An 18 year old Mortlach whisky. Botttled by Jack Wiebers Whisky World as part of their Passenger Liners series. Distilled in January 1995, it was then aged in an sherry cask, before being bottled in 2013. A run of just 120 bottles, this is bottle number 83.

Colour: Deep gold.

Nose:
(Neat) Many more dried fruits and sweet natural liquids such as honey or maple syrup. Sultanas, figs, kumquats then, in the background, Mortlach’s fatty meatiness, tallow, ham, oils… and camphor, eucalyptus. With water: golden raisins, even a touch of banana, tangerines… All that goes extremely well with the spirit’s bigness.

Taste:
(Neat) It’s very fat, very syrupy, and yet the huge spices manage to balance all that, with plenty of ginger, mustard and caraway. Big stuff for sure. With water: Stunning apricots, blood oranges and mangos are now coming to the front.

Finish:
Long, superb. Oranges and honey among many other flavours.