Mortlach 16 Year Old Boisdale Sherry Cask

Single sherry butt #4234. Distilled 1991. A special, limited edition Mortlach bottled for Boisdale; a charming historic Scottish restaurant, bar and members club popular with Scots ex-pats in London. Mortlach Mortlach Distillery was established in 1823 on the banks of the River Dullan in Scotland’s Speyside whisky region. Mortlach is equipped with  wooden worm tubs, six stills of assorted shapes and sizes and three spirit safes in order to run a unique two and a half times or partial triple distillation process. Mortlach Distillery participates in the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival when distillery tours may be available. Official bottling of Mortlach Distillery single malt whisky are few, however, independent bottlers recognise the great quality of Mortlach whisky particularly following long maturation in sherry casks. Gordon and MacPhail released a stunning bottling of 70 year old Mortlach single cask malt whisky which was distilled in 1938 and matured in a single sherry hogshead until bottling in 2009. Clean with fruit notes - pear drops and caramel aromas. Rich flavours, smoky with sherry wood elements. Drying with fruit and oak flavours. Sherry wood with a delicate floral edge finish.