Miltonduff 13 Year Old Liqueur Whisky Bottled 1950s

Miltonduff 11 Year Old 2008 Double-V

I’ll be honest, I did a double take when I looked at the label of this Miltonduff from the new Belgian bottler Double-V. Not because of the distillation or bottling date (5th October 2008 and 29th July 2020 respectively), but because of the ABV: 62.7%. Oh, boy. And that color… Must have been a very active PX cask. The nose is very juicy and...

Score 83/100

Miltonduff 1969

NOSE: brown sugar, strawberry jam, mint, orange marmalade, herbal, tannic over-brewed black tea, chocolate-covered prunes. TASTE: syrup consistency, but then with time it becomes looser. It explodes in your mouth with big spices, dried fruit and cranberries towards the finish with a lot of tannins that accompany the entire experience. FINISH:...

Score 82/100

Miltonduff 30 Year Old 1980 A.D. Rattray

Miltonduff is a Speyside distilleerderij that I have only encountered once before. So I have absolutely no experience to speak of. Time to change that, but putting four distillates in a row. Let me start with the youngest, already 30 years old, bottled by A.D. Rattray. On the dusty and initially prickly nose, I get mostly white and yellow fruit,...

Score 85/100

Miltonduff 37 Year Old 1971 Lonach

The Lonach series was known for vatting underproof with overproof casks to create a whisky that reached at least 40% ABV and could thus be bottled. This one was bottled at exactly 40% and is a distillate from 1971. Nowadays, Lonach claims to no longer use underproof casks. Anyway, let us get to it! Two things immediately jump out on the creamy...

Score 88/100