Adelphi Mortlach 1986 34 Years Old Speyside

1 of only 222 bottles / Cask# 34 / Refill Bourbon HogsheadReleased from a long slumber in a single refill bourbon hogshead, burnished copper in colour and showing an exceptional bead. Packed with aromas of baked bananas, marzipan, mead, fruit salad sweeties, peach, apricot and linseed oil. The palate opens rich with honeycomb, walnut praline, hokey pokey ice cream and sea salt before revealing a savoury, herbaceous, and extremely lengthy finish. A fine dram indeed.‘The Beast of Dufftown’, well known for its robust spirit and ability to stand up to long maturation, especially in sherry casks. Officially founded in 1823 by James Findlater, it is believed that illicit whisky production had been taking place at Mortlach for many years prior to the license being granted.Mortlach had its own floor maltings until 1968 and remains one of only a handful of distilleries still using wooden worm-tub condensers to cool their spirit. The dis- tillery is also one of only three distilleries using ‘partial triple distillation’ as also practised at Benrinnes and Springbank. The house style is full, rich, and robust, with the spirit showing a great affinity for sherry wood, resulting in some magnifi- cent older bottlings.