Mortlach 18 Year Old

In april 2014 Diageo relaunched Mortlach . Until then, official bottlings were quite rare but that changed with the release of four new expressions at once: Mortlach Rare Old , a travel retail exclusive Special Strength , Mortlach 18 Years and Mortlach 25 Years .

In marketing terms, Mortlach is positioned as a luxury brand, but not super-premium. That is reflected in nice, uncommonly shaped bottles. Mind that they are only 50 cl , which makes prices seem 40% more reasonable than they actually are.

The distillery, noted for its unusual almost-triple distillation style and meaty character,...