Mortlach 18 Year Old

Nose: Medicinal wood. Single aspect.

Palate: Chewy mouthfeel holds a line before slipping through three elemental waves, the midsection being the glorious rise. Metallic, sweet and crippled sherry.

After: There is a metallic sherry finish stuffed with wood spice.

1st December 2020

Yum, Mortlach develops well by this age - Christmas cake with spices, nuts and dried fruits.

29th December 2018

Real smooth

29th September 2018

It is a good whisky. The palate is spot on from MOM but way too expensive. I can get much older whiskey and more 20cl.

15th January 2017

The tasting notes by The Chaps at Master of Malt are spot on.

It's a good whisky, not very good, but too pricey. If I should put price into my rating, Mortlach 18 Year Old would only get seven out of ten. This one is much more expensive than Old Pulteney 21 Year Old, an older and clearly better and more complex whisky.

I don't like products communicated as something more than what they really are only to justify the price.

Won't by it again.

15th October 2016

Smooth.

28th September 2016

This bottle has two big downsides: It is to small. And it is overpriced.
Compared to other whiskys in this price range it is not good enough.
It tastes like a good 120€ one, not like a 300€ / 0,7l .
If it would cost about 150€ for a 0,75 bottle, it would still be expensive, but ok.
It IS good stuff, but is it that good? Imho: No.
When I remember the Flora& Fauna bottling , tears come to my eyes...

7th May 2016

Very good whisky, strong fruit on the nose, spice and mild oak on the palate. Not nearly as oak flavored as Macallan 18, which I like to use as my go to comparison standard. Mortlach has a unique taste, especially the 25 year old, and that can be a major factor for taste tests. You either like it or you hate it! The Mortlach 18 has better balance between fruit and oak and is more "tolerable" than the 25 year old, unless you are just crazy about strong fruit tastes and salty aftertaste. I like the balance of the 18 yr and rate it an 8.

28th April 2016

I'm surprised at the disappointing reviews here. I tried quite a lot Mortlach 18yo last night with a friend. We have a tasting session every fortnight, usually of something in the £100/bottle range, and this, equating to £220 for a normal sized bottle, was our most expensive yet. Despite being a little prejudiced against the too expensive presentation we agreed it was quite wonderful stuff. Easily the equal of any of the (admittedly half price) single-malts we've tried over the last couple of years. And I see it's won two recent awards, so the negative comments here seem odd to me.

9th April 2016

Just been given this one as a gift and immediately opened to taste a generous tot. Not ungrateful for the gift, but daren't tell my Darling that I would have been happier with many better known options at half the price. Has a sharpness on the tongue and as others are saying, the rather bitter edge to the lingering aftertaste is, to say the least, a bit of a let down. Packaging and bottle design with the metal work is inviting, but certainly not worth the extra £70 or £80 over and above what is available for less than £100 without the bling. I should add that I am now well beyond pensionable age and was first introduced to single malts by my Grandfather at the tender age of 13 years old, much to the disapproval of my Father.
Slainte
A Macdonald of Clanranald.

4th September 2015