Douglas Laing - Mortlach 30 Year Old XOP Black, Distilled on February 1989 and bottled in September 2019.

This 1989 vintage Mortlach was bottled from a single refill hogshead in 2019.

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, whose 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.

One of 267 bottles. ABV: 44.5%