Mortlach 12 Years Old 2006 Cask #DL 12942 (Douglas Laing)

Douglas Laing, bottling single casks from Glasgow since 1948, selected this 12 Year Old: a 2006 vintage from cask DL 12942, an outturn of 285 bottles. The first legal distillery in Dufftown, Mortlach builds its meaty weight through low-copper worm tubs and the 2.81 distillation, and has anchored Johnnie Walker for a century.

Across twelve years in American oak, esterification got underway and the meaty spirit rounded, vanilla and light toffee folding in.

At 48.4% it shows malt, dried fruit and a leathery edge on Mortlach's muscular frame, undiluted. A meaty, muscular Mortlach.