48,5°
Distillery : Mortlach - Speyside
American Oak Refill Bourbon Hogshead
Independent Bottling
By Decadent Drinks
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2024
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Totally Unpeated
With Equinox & Solstice, launched in 2021, we have a whisky for every season. Every three months, a new bottling is supposed to illustrate the new weather. It's aged from 7 to 16 years at the moment, and it's always reduced to 48.5°. This one is a Single Cask, but apparently that's not always the case. We don't know how many bottles have been released.
Let's Taste It :
Perfectly balanced nose, between beeswax and Aosta ham, with some buttery and oily notes, meat juice, firm cereals, greasy vanilla, semi-cooked white fruit. Liquid honey and starch. On the palate, it's fruitier, with juicy green apples and yellow plums that are a little too ripe. Crisp biscuits with vergeoise, peanut butter and light spices. Diluted lemon, pineapple zest. Quite a long finish, not hugely powerful but very pleasant, light pepper and coconut, grains of rice and white radish, green vegetables.
In Short,
A Mortlach in a Bourbon cask is quite rare, and for that reason alone it's worth tasting. It's well-made, with fruit and character, but it's still Speyside. A real curiosity for fans of the distillery. What's more, the price seems very reasonable. Well, it depends on the shop, but on the whole, there are reasons to splurge.
Score : 88
To Be Listened While Sipping :
CUReBAN - Borderline
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