What's in a name? Mortlach 70 Year Old whisky is called whisky because it's produced in Scotland. Were it from America it would be spelled Mortlach 70 Year Old whiskey, rather than whisky.
Appearance: The colour of sun-bleached polished mahogany. Aroma: A mellow nose, at once waxy and fruity; candlewax to the fore initially, which becomes snuffed candle (a thread of smoke), with Maraschino cherries in Madeira cake behind, and after a while an orangey citric note - fresh and juicy, becoming apricot jam. Flaked almonds and whin flowers, becoming light coconut oil. Taste: Surprisingly lively tasted straight. A smooth, waxy mouthfeel; a sweetish start becoming moderately dry, but not overly-tannic. Dried fig and tobacco notes, and an intriguing light smokiness. A long finish and, for the first time, a hint of planed hardwood in the aftertaste. With a teaspoon of water, the smooth texture in enhanced. The fresh, light sweetness becoming pleasantly sour ('Soor Plooms'), with sooty smoke in the finish. Comment: Remarkable! No trace of damp wood or must or bung cloth - a delicate, fresh, vital, fruity whisky, but with unusual attributes of waxiness and smokiness - uncommon today, more usual before the 1960s. ...more
The Master of Malt
WoW!
W O W (from Argentina0
Excellent Value for Money
I was presented with a bottle of this fine whiskey as part of a performance bonus working with AIG, worth every penny, I even let a few of my low level grunts fight over the droplets that fell from my moustache.
Mortlach 70yr
I was introduced to Mortlach as The Wine Society's own Scotch. The clean fresh taste of the uncut 60% only improved with, in my opinion, a dash of soda water. Utterly world stopping. It's a big step to Mortlach 70yr but believe it or not the price is almost worth it. Dry, waxy and in parts sweet yes, but, the smooth complete taste from nostril to tummy is the real joy. A punchy scotch with a punchy price but please do sell the car - this is worth it!
The Ben Erickson of Whiskys
This whisky is so delicious, it should be called the Ben Erickson 70.
Holy Grail
When it comes to rare and old whisky this must be the holy grail! Do you do samples of this (i'm more interested in the booze than the bottle!)?
An expensive Whiskey
This is a Exprsive whisky, but if money buys thr bedt this is well worth it
OMG!
A wonderful whisky! Very tasty!
This is to Mr. Mixer up there.
Wow, to buy a $17,000 bottle of anything and taint it with a mixer is a real shame. That's like putting diesel in your new Porsche because its cheaper and you can't handle buying fuel at a proper price. You should send that bottle to me so I can take care of it before you try to make a Jack & Coke out of it. Savage.
Not too bad
I much prefer Jack Daniels though
Alright
I go between this and my Seagrams7 and there are pluses and minuses to both. Seagrams has fine maple and smokey elements and is a buttery delight. I'm not sure I'd describe Mortlach as word which is a buttery delight to the ears. I think I may put my next random 15 grand into something else like building a foundation for a homeless shelter in Calcutta which I have no intention to finish.
ZOMG!
This makes the BEST whiskey and Cokes ever!!!
Ooops!
I just received mine but I was so excited and nervous that I dropped it and it broke.
it is good
all by the way, how is AIG doing
Not too shabby
If Chuck Norris made whiskey, he'd just have to punch the barrel to knock it back in time. Then, it'd be 1000 years old and better than this stuff.
Great for cleaning!
This stuff strips paint like nobody's business. I usually use gasoline, but the last time I inhaled the fumes I went a bit nuts and I figured I'd better switch to something else. This is a viable alternative.
Excellent when mixed
Taste is a bit harsh neat, much better mixed with cola or sweet ginger ale.
Awesome!
I am lucky to to say that the liquor store I work in will be 1 in only 2 stores (and both belonging to the same chain) in Canada that will be able to shelve this beautiful product
My dream!
unfortunately, here in Brazil it is to much money!
so only 53 bottles...
How have you all tried it
Never tried
Never tried it but going by some of the comments its a shame so many low lifes who dont grasp the word WHISKY have had their hands on it, if you dont appreciate the stuff then drink something else!!
How about a 30cl sample? :)
Crack one of these babies open and bottle a bunch of 30cl drams so everyone can have some! Here in Boston 9999 gbp is almost in the neighborhood of $16,000 !!! The decanter is unnecessary; it looks like something from an adult novelty store. Who can afford this with the economy being as it is, unless you're North Korea's "Dear Leader" ? :)
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Anyone know who many bottles there are left ?
Mortlach
just like Heawen
JD is better
tried this with coke, totally unbalanced it
Appreciate Whisky?
Why would anyonne want to mix a 70 year old with cola? You people have more money than sense!
Appeciate Whisky?
You stick to your Jack Daniels my friend and leave this for the real whisky lovers.
This should have an edition called Mfundo Mncwabe 70
This must be my kind of a collectable, well done masters in Speyside. Is there any shelved in South Africa!!
Rigsby
Nice with iron brew!!