Miltonduff 12 Year Old 1998 Provenance Douglas Laing

Miltonduff 10 Year Old 2007 Malts of Scotland

This is already the fifth cask of Miltonduff bottled by German company Malts of Scotland. I am ashamed to say that I have only tried one of those so far (the 2004 on sherry, which was released in 2015). But thanks to my buddy Manny, I can try this one as well. It matured on a Marsala cask! Marsala is a fortified wine from Sicily that will...

Score 84/100

Miltonduff 13 Year Old 2007 Old Particular for Prima Vinum

Prima Vinum, a Belgian whisky shop, selected a sherry butt that was put to sleep in 2007 at Douglas Laing, containing spirit from the lesser known Miltonduff distillery. They had it bottled last August exclusively for their shop. Dark and sweet, fruity and creamy nose on bread pudding, raisins, candied sugar and sweetened buttermilk. Some sniffing...

Score 88/100

Miltonduff 30 Year Old 1982 Duncan Taylor

The Duncan Taylor Single is a series of single malts of at least 30 years or from distilleries that are no longer operational – or both. There are only 53 bottles of this 30 Year Old Miltonduff! I discovered it at a local festival. The nose is very aromatic and fruity. Very fruity, in fact. Peach, young apples, pineapple and some unripe banana....

Score 87/100

Miltonduff 9 Year Old 2005 Duncan Taylor Octave

An Octave is a small cask – about an eight of a regular hogshead – and in this case, according to the label, it was a reconstructed ex-sherrywood octave cask. A mouthful. It was released especially for The Nectar last year. The influence of the wood is immediately apparent on the nose. Loads of spices – woodspice, ginger and cinnamon – precede...

Score 84/100