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26th January 2015 |
Mortlach 18
Year
Old has a good portion of meaty sherried
Mortlach character.
 Many
whisky drinkers would have been very
familiar
with the old Mortlach 16 year old Flora
& Fauna bottling and rated it very
highly. The new Mortlach 18 year old is
the closet in age to the old Flora &
Fauna bottling but is it similar in
taste and style.
Well fans of
the old F & F bottling will be pleased
to hear that the Mortlach 18 year old
was taken from first fill sherry and
refill European Oak with "a bit" of
refill American Oak, giving the whisky a
good portion of that meaty sherried
Mortlach character many know and love. It was
bottled at 43.4% ABV.
As you can see from the picture, the new bottling
is
presented in a highly distinctive
engineered style of Mortlach bottle. The design style of
the new bottle is rooted in an
engineered world and was inspired by the
one of the distillery's early owners,
entrepreneurial Scottish civil engineer
George Cowie, and his gifted and equally
ambitious son Dr Alexander Cowie.
Mortlach describe the decanter style
bottle as reminiscent of beautiful
man-made structures, whilst also
elegant, luxurious and contemporary.
Engraved on the bottle is a reference
to Mortlach's unusual partial-triple
distillation process which is often
described as ‘2.81 Distilled’. The
engineering cues incorporated in the
bottle design are most visible in the
metal structure of the 18 year old
bottle which protects, enhances and
displays the fine single malt within the
bottle. The design of the metal
structure has been inspired by some of
the great engineering feats of the
Victorian period, especially the
cantilever bridge design made famous on
Scotland’s very own Forth Road Bridge.
Since it's
launch last year we haven't really heard
much about the new whisky and there are
very few reviews to be found but luckily
for us, Murray Cohen, Order of the
Companions of the Quaich Canada and our
very own
Scotch Malt Whisky Forum member,
Quaich1 has kindly submitted a review
for us following an "Evening of
Scottish Virtuosity" premium whisky
tasting event where Mortlach brand
ambassador Georgie Bell unveiled the new
Mortlach range to East Coast Canada in
Toronto. You can read what Murray
thought of the Mortlach 18 year old below.
Murray tells me that during the evening Georgie Bell described
the Mortlach 18 year old as: "an
after-dinner dram, like a digestif
and it goes beautifully with dark
chocolate." To this end, she presented
Murray
with a dark chocolate ganache at the
tasting to pair with the dram which
he tells heightened the taste profile of both.
The Mortlach Rare Old is currently available from
The Whisky Exchange
priced £174
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Mortlach 18 Year Old Review
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Review submitted by Murray Cohen, Order
of the Companions of the Quaich,
Niagara, Ontario, Canada
and our very own
Scotch Malt Whisky Forum member,
Quaich1.
Bottled at 43.4% ABV. 50cl.
Murray Cohen's Tasting Notes:
Colour:
Bright Amber.
Nose: A blast of delightful burnt
orange erupts in rhinal bliss. Exotic
fruit and caramel candy follows. One
senses a mature profile of aromas
immediately.
Taste: Thriving full-bodied
espresso notes appear. A chorus of blood
orange flavors chimes in. There is
something charming here about the
interplay of flavors and the flavor
refinement delivered after 18 years.
Finish:
A long finish with spicy orange and bold
coffee notes.
Score:
93.5/100
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Murray Cohen's Evening of Scottish
Virtuosity Whisky Reviews
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Select a whisky tasted by
Murray Cohen at an "Evening of Scottish
Virtuosity" where Georgie Bell unveiled
the new Mortlach range to East Coast
Canada in Toronto and Stuart Brown
presented a selection of ultra-premium
whiskies.
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