44,2°
Distillery : Mortlach - Speyside
2d Fill Sherry Butt
Independent Bottling
By La Maison du Whisky
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2025
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Totally Unpeated
This is the oldest Sherry bottling in the 15th release of the Artist range. The cask is a 2nd Fill Sherry, which gives us hope that it will not be particularly overpowering and that it will offer a fair marriage with the distillate. 250 bottles are being released, primarily for the French market. The label features the artwork Untitled by Stenjwa Luthuli.
Let's Taste It :
On the nose, chocolate fondant, crushed fruits, blueberries, cherries, raspberries. Warm wax, blood orange, toasted nuts, pine needles, creamy vanilla, slivered almonds, salted butter caramel, soft toffee, pears in syrup. On the palate, blackberries, white peaches, liquid honey, candied fruit, dark chocolate and even coffee, a wide variety of spices, cinnamon, saffron, white pepper. The finish is wonderful, Corinth raisins, shortcrust pastry, woody wax, candied ginger, grilled bacon, a touch of dust a bit dirty, a few grains of cereal, cola, cocoa bean.
In Short,
This is an exceptional whisky, where the patina of time reveals an extraordinary variety of flavours, which nevertheless blend together in a balanced and subtle whole. It comes close to the best that sherry can offer in the world of whisky: a robust but refined product, softened by a whole host of delicious notes, including chocolate, pastry, fruit, wood, and even forest and meat. I would remind you that Mortlach uses 2.81 distillations, which increases the finesse and smoothness of the liquid. In other words, it is a masterpiece, at an extremely high price, but that doesn't even shock me.
Score : 91
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Soft Machine - Backwards
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