2007 Below Bhainidh (Mortlach) 13 Year Old "Hepburn's Choice - K&L Exclusive" Single Hogshead Cask Strength Blended Malt Scotch Whisky

Notes

Another stunning deal from the excellent Hepburn's Choice line. We made a conscious decision to bottle all of our single cask malts from this line as blended malt, adding a tiny drop of another distillery to the cask, thereby reclassifying it and saving everyone tons of cheese! More proof of that plan coming together exists in this awesome bottle. We were barely able to sell a 9-year-old Mortlach last year from the same bottler for under $60; now we can offer a 13-year-old version for nearly the same price. The awesome Mortlach Distillery is in Dufftown. Dufftown's Gaelic name is Baile Bhainidh (pronounce Bal-Venie), meaning 'Lucky Town'! Mortlach sits to the south of Dufftown's more famous distilleries Balvenie and Glenfiddich, in a hollow that nearly hides it completely from view from the road. It was, in fact, the first legal distillery in this special town, founded in 1823 on the site of an illicit still, hence the hollow. The distillery features an unusual 2.81 times distillation, long fermentation times, and worm tub cooling resulting in an uncommonly beefy spirit. But this youngish Mortlach offers another side of the excellent malt. Filled into a refill hoggie in 2007, it offers some serious fruit along with a deep malty spice. The meaty, savory quality is there, but in the background, and can be teased out with a drop of water or two.