Mortlach 1980-2002 - Gordon & MacPhail - CASK 63.8% - Single Cask 3646

INFORMATION

Mortlach 1980 - 2002. 21 Year Old. Bottled by Gordon & MacPhail for their CASK series. Cask number 3646. 70cl. 63.8%.

DISTILLERY:Mortlach

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:63.8%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

BOTTLER:Gordon & MacPhail

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK NUMBER:3646

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Speyside

DISTILLED YEAR:1980

BOTTLING DATE::2002

AGE:21

Mortlach is one of the greatest Speyside whiskies in Diageo’s portfolio. The distillery’s robust, gutsy, earthy, beefy new make is a result of running the stills fast and using worm tub condensers, which minimises copper contact and gives a powerfully flavoured, deliberately sulphury new make that is frequently matured in sherry casks. 

Following the discontinuation of the much-loved Mortlach 16-year-old Flora & Fauna, the first official Mortlach core range was introduced in 2014 but flopped disastrously due to comically high pricing; the subsequent relaunch in 2018, with a return to reality-based pricetags, has been much more successful.  Gordon & MacPhail were previous licensed bottlers of Mortlach and have bottled the greatest examples from the distillery, including the famous Book of Kells editions and the extraordinary Generations bottlings, which included the first 70 and 75-year-old single malt whiskies ever bottled.