Mortlach 13 Year Old | Special Releases 2021Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery Bottling 70cl 55. 9% A 13 year old cask strength Mortlach bottled for the 2021 Diageo Special Releases. This Mortlach has been matured in a combination of refill bourbon and virgin oak casks and bottled at a pointy cask strength of 55. 9%. In keeping with the fantasy marketing for these 2021 Special Releases, this Mortlach is subtitled The Moonlit Beast (a reference to Dave Broom's 'Beast of Dufftown'

a powerhouse distillery producing whisky for blended whiskies this is a fantastic expression of its true distillate

Pair this quality with the still bafflingly low prices for Cognac from this era and you're onto a real winner

An endlessly complex

The whisky inside is richly fruity

This 1998 edition was the very first Macallan Speymalt bottled by G&M from the 1966 vintage

wax and all kinds of old school complexity

but still retains the lip-smacking red berry and dried fruit flavours that made the 31-year-old so popular

and vanilla on the nose

A 1985 16 year old Glen Garioch matured in a sherry butt

Caol Ila can age spectacularly well as numerous bottlings have shown over the years

Series Connoisseurs Choice Cask Strength Country Scotland Region Speyside Distilled Year 1990 Bottling Year 2020 Age 30 Limited Edition Yes Bottles Produced 348 Cask Number 6961 Cask Type First Fill Sherry Butt Bottle Size 70cl ABV 48

Ladyburn operated for only 9 years from 1966-1975