It was a beautiful day in May 2015 when I bought this bottle in the Whiskyshop Dufftown, just a stone’s throw away from the distillery itself where we had a stroll after shopping in the whisky shop. A dozen of blackbirds were singing in the distillery courtyard in the setting sun – Oh those were the days it’s almost painful how much I miss traveling…
Colour: Gold
Nose: Ok, let’s have a sniff. The first thing that hits you is a strong vanilla flavour, almost like an ice cream sensation. Followed by waxy honeycomb and fizzy citrus. A pinch of dried red berries such as strawberry and red currant, especially strawberry jam comes to my mind. Well, that was not quite something that I was expecting from a dram from the beast of Dufftown. No beef stock, no sulphury notes, no meatiness, you know. This dram shows just how versatile and exciting fun single cask bottlings can be.
Palate: Very nice thick and oily consistency, you can almost chew the dram. Starts with notes of salted butter and zesty lime. Nice sweet notes of Crème brûlée and Scottish fudge. Ahaa, now there’s Mortlach’s signature meatiness appearing – it’s funky in a discreet way, but it’s still there. No sulphur detected which is good news in this matter, don’t get me wrong, there is a time and a place for the sulphur in whisky. I just love the palate, it’s extremely palatable.
Finish: Scottish fudge and cooling mint.
As I said, quite a different Mortlach but terrific stuff anyways.
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