Dark fruits, honey, caramel, apricot, cinnamon, leather, tobacco — Beast character emerging
Chewy and weighty — orange peel, zest and liqueur, bees' honey, maple syrup, stewed apple, coffee, walnut cake, crystallised ginger
Medium — nutmeg, clove-spiced honey, resinous oak — meaty Mortlach signature
Mortlach 16 — the Beast. 2.81x distillation. American + European ex-sherry. 43.4%.
Dark fruit and tobacco nose. Chewy weighty palate. Medium spicy oak finish. Meaty Mortlach.
Mortlach 16 earns a 7.5 — modern polished Mortlach at £82. Rich and meaty. Wishes for higher ABV but the 2.81x character delivers.
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