PC Mortlach 1954 43%

Private Collection 1954 from Mortlach Distillery

Featured in the 2019 Summer Collection, our Private Collection 1954 from Mortlach Distillery offers a medley of deliciously malted chocolate and freshly roasted coffee beans on the palate with a gentle nutty edge on the finish.

Welcome to the 'Private Collection'

Nose

Dessert in a glass. Stewed plums with thick orange marmalade topped with spun brown sugar. Dark chocolate gateaux joins morello cherries steeped in syrup. Hazelnut praline complements notes of vanilla.

Taste

Luxurious black currant coulis layered over stewed rhubarb with flavours of delicately malted chocolate. In time, freshly roasted coffee beans and soft wood tannins offer richer undertones.

Finish

Refined and lingering. Hints of aged leather with a gentle nutty edge slowly fade to mature oak nuances.

Mortlach

An undisputed star of Speyside, this is a distillery which has previously shunned the limelight, being a highly coveted ‘cult status’ dram, thanks to its bold flavour profile and maturation within predominantly European oak sherry casks.

Founded in 1823, this Speysider was the playground for George Cowie - and after that, Alexander Cowie, who pioneered the distillery’s famed technique of ‘2.81 times distillation’, rather than the traditional method of double distillation, which is still in practice today: resulting in a spirit full of character and power.

Mortlach continues to be one of the region’s most mysterious distilleries and will no doubt retain its cult status for many years to come. Known as the ‘Beast of Dufftown’, the whisky is legendary robust. So much so that the Generations 75 year old came from this distillery, a feat only achievable when great casks and great spirit are truly well matched.