Mortlach 11 Years Old 2008 Cask #800105 (Signatory Vintage)

From Signatory Vintage, one of Scotland's largest independent bottlers, this 11 Year Old is cask 800105, a 2008 vintage, an outturn of 287 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 eleven years in American oak, esterification got underway and the meaty spirit rounded, vanilla and light toffee folding in.

At 46% it shows fresh fruit, malt extract, fresh oak and an oily texture. A meaty, muscular Mortlach.