Bottle No 49

Independently bottled 14 year old single malt from the much loved Mortlach distillery in Speyside. This Signatory bottling was drawn from a pair of hogshead casks which were filled in September 2002 and open in December 2016. 

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.