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Mortlach 1989 Blackadder 10 Year Old Natural Strength 75cl / US Import

Lot: 219065

Mortlach 1989 Blackadder 10 Year Old Natural Strength 75cl / US Import

Winning Bid: £210

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Mortlach
Age: 
10 Year Old
Vintage: 
1989
Region: 
Speyside
Bottler: 
Blackadder
Cask Type: 
Sherry
Bottled Strength: 
59.5%
Bottle Size: 
75cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Mortlach 1989 Blackadder 10 Year Old Natural Strength 75cl / US Import

Mortlach was founded in 1823 and was the first of Dufftown's "Seven Stills" to be licensed. It rose to pre-eminence under George Cowie & Son, who's unique distillation regime produced a famously "meaty" whisky, which was highly prized by blenders. It was for this reason that it was acquired by John Walker & Sons, and so important to them was it that little stock was left available for bottling as a single malt. The Flora & Fauna release was the first official distillery bottling, but it was not until 2014 that Mortlach was bottled under its own fully fledged single malt brand.  Thankfully, there have been many spectacular releases from independent labels like this over the years. 

Distilled in 1989 and bottled in 2000 after 10 years in sherry butt #5147. The cask was partly bottled both at its natural strength as here, and a run of bottlings reduced to 43% ABV.

Blackadder International were founded in 1995 by whisky writers, Robin Tucek and John Lamond, authors of the 1987 publication, The Malt Whisky File: The Essential Guide for the Malt Whisky Connoisseur. The company has gained great affection from whisky enthusiasts for its Raw Cask series, which is deliberately drawn un-filtered from the cask so as to retain all cask sediment along with any natural oils and fats. The company is credited with a key role in the popularisation of cask strength whiskies since its inception.

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