Oh god I hear you cry not another Malt of the year!
Well yes this ones from Loch Fyne Whiskies, I just want
to share with you all what the Malts are of the year from various sectors then
finally I will give you my useless opinion on what my Malt of the year is.
This one is Mortlach bottled by Gordon and Macphail, a
21 year old bottled at 43% ABV.
They write
Novel colour for a Mortlach, no iota of a dark
over-sherry-wooded mahogany brown, this gem is pale gold, and reflects the
superb disposition of the whisky. A nose of bananas, esters, custard creams,
slightly tobacco, greengrocers, beeswax and much more. Away from the sherry
mask Mortlach’s fruit complexity is revealed. What a beauty with a superb nose.
The mouth is cool with excellent balance; creamy fruit salad in a perfect fruit
syrup, this is very good, a typical Speyside single malt Scotch Whisky. With a
light tobacco-tar finish.Be careful adding water, it’s explosive! A crossfire
hurricane, elastoplasts, lemons, oranges, hot buttered toasted oak with honey,
An absolute ace and a pleasure to make its acquaintance at last.
Is it any good….Well get a bottle and see for yourself,
for me there are better Malts around and defiantly not from the independent bottlers
would I have a Malt of the year.
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