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| Hi, this is one of our (almost) daily tastings. Santé! |
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April 30, 2026 |
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The Time Warp Sessions,
today Miltonduff 2008–1964 by Cadenhead
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Forty-four years apart, that’s quite something! In truth, we’ve got quite a bit of Miltonduff in the pipeline at WF Towers, including several Pluscarden releases, but things are a bit hectic at the moment, so we’ll settle for a small “Time Warp” session. This time, though, there’s an added appeal, as we’ll be sticking with the same independent bottler throughout. And it’s the youngest expression that’s the lowest in alcohol, which works out nicely, we can start with that one. |
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Miltonduff-Glenlivet 15 yo 2008/2024 (46%, Cadenhead, Original Collection, bourbon) 
Colour: straw. Nose: barley and earth, then mashed potatoes, hay and freshly cut grass. We could hardly make it more natural, short perhaps of chewing on a small handful of barley grains. Mouth: lovely, rather oily in texture, starting on lemon before moving towards small apples and plums from our orchards. Then come little fruit drops of all kinds, the sort generously offered at hotel receptions. We do know it is frowned upon to take whole handfuls, don’t we. Finish: fairly long and fruity, with lemon and orange drops taking charge, then a slightly bitter grassiness returning in the aftertaste. Comments: certainly less spectacular than an opera by Verdi, yet it has strictly no flaws, save perhaps for not being utterly unforgettable.
SGP:551 - 85 points. |
Let’s move on to the elder… |
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Miltonduff-Glenlivet 30 yo 1964/1994 (50.9%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection) 
This is it, the famous ‘Matured in an Oak Cask’ series. You will tell me that the distillery folk I met 25 years ago were hardly more talkative, they only knew ‘European’ and ‘American’ casks. Times have indeed changed, have they not. Colour: pale gold. Nose: incredible, it smells strongly of rapeseed flowers and wild mustard, indeed hardened city dwellers could easily confuse them, both paint the landscapes yellow, in the manner of Vincent Van Gogh. Oranges and mandarins arrive in a second wave, accompanied by an oily side, well then, rapeseed oil. In any case, this feels very coherent, very refined. With water: appearance of a light wood smoke, very pretty. Mouth (neat): magnificent, with the immediate return of oranges and, this time, grapefruits, with that rather extraordinary sharp edge for a thirty-year-old. We imagine the cask had already seen several malts… With water: we remain on citrus fruits, this time more on lemons, in a Rosebank old-school style. It becomes increasingly precise and lively. Finish: long, truly on orange paste, then quince paste. Excellent. Comments: never, blind, would you say this is a thirty-year-old, nor even from a bottle that is already more than thirty years old. Very beautiful, in the vein of the great Pluscardens. We remind you in passing that the distillery occupies the site of Pluscarden Abbey.
SGP:651 - 91 points. |
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