Bottle Profile
Type	Scotch Single Malts (Disclosed Distilleries)
Distillery	Mortlach
Bottler	Official Bottling
Range	Flora & Fauna
Brand Name	Mortlach
Age	16
Alcohol By Volume	43%
Issued	2011*
Average Score	81

Maniac Ratings
Johannes van den Heuvel	81
Robert Karlsson	82
Konstantin Grigoriadis	74
Ho-cheng Yao	82
Krishna Nukala	86
Rich Howard	86
David Wankel	73
Oliver Klimek	82
Ralf Mitchell	84

Retired Maniac Ratings
Keith Wood	83

Tasting Notes
Johannes van den Heuvel	A lovely, classically sherried nose with raisins and spicy accents that pushed my initial impression in the direction of 83 or 84 points. Nice and expressive, suggesting more complexity than is actually there. It loses quite a few points on the relatively flat and simple palate. Hardly any finish to speak of. Too bad, because the nose is quite lovely.
Robert Karlsson	Sherry-inspired nose. Raisin. Feels a bit young. Drying. Clearly wooden. Easy-drinking sherry-inspired taste. Raisin. Lively. A few spent matches comes along too (unoffensive ones).
Rich Howard	apple butter, blackberry preserves, hints of mint, aniseed, a few drops of vanilla on the tail, pink bubble gum, whiffs of fresh cedar. the palate is nicely sweet on that blackberry jam, the mint and liquorice kicks in quickly and lasts through the finish alongside some oak. a drop of water adds some sweet boysenberries to the nose, opens up the vanilla and sweet malt a bit, just a hint of mint and red liquorice still lurking. the palate is a bit sweeter as well, with fresh berries in vanilla cream, still lightly oaky on the finish. summary: blackberry preserves with herbal mint and aniseed and a gentle oakiness. more depth and complexity without water. [tasted blind for the 2011 Awards]