Mortlach 19 Years Old 2002 Cask #MR222S (Hidden Spirits)

Hidden Spirits, the independent bottler of single casks, drew this 19 Year Old, a 2002 from cask MR222S, an outturn of 116 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.

By nineteen years the dense Mortlach spirit had turned oxidative, esters and acetals lending dried fruit and a savoury, oily weight beneath the vanilla.

At 52.7% it shows honey, dried fruit and a leathery depth over the full-bodied base, undiluted. Mortlach at full weight.