MORTLACH - SINGLE MALT - IB - GORDON & MACPHAIL (G&M) "RARE OLD HIGHLAND MALT 1960

MORTLACH - SINGLE MALT - IB - GORDON & MACPHAIL (G&M) "RARE OLD HIGHLAND MALT 1960

It represents a golden era of post-WWII reconstruction in the Scotch whisky industry—a time when distilleries were modernizing but still relied heavily on primitive, labor-intensive, and manual production techniques that gave the spirit massive character.

It opens with heavy rancio, antique furniture polish, polished leather, and beeswax, followed closely by black cherries, espresso beans, dark molasses, and damp forest floor loam.

It leaves behind a persistent coating of old cigar tobacco, dark chocolate flakes, and a faint, rustic hint of earthy peat smoke.