Miltonduff 22 Year Old 1989 Berry Bros. & Rudd

Miltonduff 8 Year Old 1999 Daily Dram

Miltonduff is one of the old distilleries, operational since 1824 (or even before that, albeit illegaly). It is one of the malts that gives body and character to blends like Ballantine's, Teacher's, Old Smuggler and Chivas Regal. But today we will try an independent bottling from Daily Dram. They dubbed this 8 Year Old ‘Mille Tonnes d'Oeufs’ (a...

Score 82/100

Miltonduff 10 Year Old/Gordon & Macphail Discovery "Sherry"

Back in 2018, Gordon & Macphail launched a new series to go along with its "Connoisseurs Choice" range as well as a couple of lesser-known ranges. This new range is based on "bold flavour profiles" and is divided into three categories: "Sherry", "Smoky", and "Bourbon". Currently there are six...

Score 85/100

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 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