Mortlach 31 Years Old Connoisseurs Choice Cask Strength Cask 425 54% 1987

Distillery	Mortlach
Bottler	Gordon & MacPhail
Serie	Connoisseurs Choice Cask Strength
Bottled for
Distilled date	1987
Bottling date	03.07.2018
Country	Scotland
Region	Speyside
Age	31
Cask Type	1st Fill Sherry Puncheon
Cask Number	425
Alcohol percentage	54
Volume	0,70
Condition	In Original Wooden Case
Label	Perfect
Stock	0

Professional reviews

Serge Valentin (91)

NederlandsColour: dark amber. Nose: Mortlach as most of us know it, that is to say with a little gunpowder and even struck matches, plus savoury notes, a fatness, some coffee and some chocolate, a little glutamate, and something slightly metallic, around old copper coins. Really, feels like home to many older whisky enthusiasts – and the opposite of new bourbonised malts. With water: marrow soup, dried porcinis, cigars, umami sauce, crude chocolate, prunes, hoisin sauce… I'm sure you could quaff this with Peking duck. Mouth (neat): splendid old-skool sherried Mortlach, which is pretty old-G&M too, I would add. Stunning raw coffee beans and black chocolate, with a drop of Worcester sauce, Bovril, and just bits of pipe tobacco. Very tertiary. With water: salt, bouillon, old walnuts, fino sherry, black pepper, proper coffee, more chocolate, a wee spoonful of onion soup… Finish: long and indeed splendid, with a few higher notes, perhaps wild strawberries, pomegranates, ganache… All that mingled with some perfect chocolate. Coffee-y aftertaste. Comments: extremely and authentically Jerezian. Stunning old Mortlach by some of the best Mortlach specialists.

Whisky Notes (91)

Nose: big, fat, dry sherry. Lots of oranges, thuja wood, blackberry jam. Also a light acidity of raspberry. Smoked ham. Some wood smoke hints and gentle gunpowder but not at all dirty. Lovely dusty notes too (old books, tobacco). Chocolate. Love it.
Mouth: dark, dark. this is where the full-bodied character of Mortlach comes out. Pure chocolate, pipe tobacco, burnt bread, raisins, oak char and wood smoke. Coffee beans. Nuts. A little water helps to make it more accessible – this is a beast.
Finish: very long and rather dry, on walnuts and black tea.

Hugely sherried, with roasted notes and char, but also a fruity acidity that keeps it in check. A powerhouse. Quite expensive but recommended.

BOW (91)