8th Nov, 2023 10:30

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  Lot 174
 
Lot 174 - MORTLACH 1988 SIGNATORY
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MORTLACH 1988 SIGNATORY
SPEYSIDE SINGLE MALT

Distilled: 23/11/1988

Bottled: 12/03/2003

Matured in Sherry Butt #02/1311

Bottle Number: 66 / 398

Dubbed “the Beast of Dufftown” by whisky writer, Dave Broom, Mortlach uses a complicated distillation process that minimises copper contact and produces a sulphurous “meaty” spirit that is perfect for blending (not unlike Benrinnes and Dailuaine).
Until relatively recently, the only way to experience it in single malt form would have been the 16-Year-Old Flora & Fauna, or the occasional independent bottling. This was because most of its output was used for Diageo’s Johnnie Walker blend. However, that all changed in 2014 when Mortlach introduced its own core range of single malt expressions.

 

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Sold for £80
Estimated at £80 - £120


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