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Mannochmore

Description of the whisky

The distillery

Glenlossie distillery
Mannochmore Distillery
Elgin
Morayshire IV303SS
+44 1343 860 331
Owner: United Distillers & Vintners (Diageo)
Creation date 1971

The Mannochmore distillery is recent. It has been founded by John Haig & Co in 1971. The distillery is a close neighbour of Glenlossie and is one of the modern distilleries.
Despite its young age, Mannochmore has already been closed from 1985 until 1989. After a few years of activity, it was mothballed in 1995.
The distillery belongs currently to UDV (Diageo) .
Mannochmore has marketed the first black whisky, the Loch Dhu..

The whisky

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List of the bottles

Description of the distillery

Mannochmore: official bottlings

Mannochmore

Fauna & Flora 12 yo
Collection
 Fauna & Flora
Age
 12 years
Alcohol percentage
 43 %
Bottler
 Official
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 75/100
Mannochmore FF 12 ans
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 Mannochmore: independent bottlings
 

Mannochmore

Signatory Vintage 1991
Collection
 Signatory Vintage
Age
 12 years
Alcohol percentage
 43,0 %
Bottler
 Signatory
Cask
 South African Sherry
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 79/100
 
 
The nose detects a whisky with lots of character. The malt and the smoke are rather present. The palate reveals a strong and very pleasant smoke influence , on a malty background. The very interesting finish is still dominated by a complex smoky character. A great success for those who like smoky whisky.
84/100
The nose is strong, rather complex, but missing a kind of refinement and reveals smoky and woody notes. In the palate, a woody impression and the alcohol seems to be stronger than it is really. Behind the wood, some prune hints seem to appear. A lingering finis, very pleasant.
79/100
Quite a monotonous nose, even if it is rather pleasant. Malt and green fruits. A touch of smoke and flowers. The mouth is slightly more expressive than the nose was, with first some nutty bitterness developing on sweeter tastes and a touch of coffee. No exuberance however. The finish is relatively short and not really interesting.

This notes are rather different form earlier ones (evolution of the taste (whisky's or mine?) with the time...)
74/100
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Mannochmore

Vintage 1978
Collection
 Vintage
Age
 21 years
Alcohol percentage
 57,1 %
Bottler
 Signatory
Cask number
single cask 7381
Dates
 Distil: 1/08/1978 Bottling: 2/08/1999
Bottle
 69 of 288 btls
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 82/100
Mannochmore Vintage 1978
A complex nose, from cut grass to citrus fruits, through certain nuances of wood. In the palate, the high degree of alcohol is not bothering. Here too, an impression of discrete acidity (orange) mixed to malt hints. The finish is very pleasant and long. After long minutes, some chocolate/wood touches appear.
84/100
A nose with nice vegetal notes, cut grass or hay and citrus fruit. In the mouth, a mix of citrus and slightly woody notes, going continuously from the one to the other one, and some malty notes appear as well. Nice fruity finish, rather long first, then slightly acid, developing on more bitter notes after a while.
84/100
Quite an unusual nose consisting in a mix of gentian and honey. Some smoky notes in addition to yellow fruit hints. Very interesting nose for its complexity and originality.
The mouth is rather complex too, with this nice contrast between citrus acidity and yellow fruits smoothness. But i expected more from this bottle, ater the intriguing nose.
Rather long finish, on acid notes.
79/100
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Mannochmore: Not in collection

Mannochmore

18 years old
Collection
 Diageo Special Releases 2009
Age
 18 years
Alcohol percentage
 54,9 %
Bottler
 Official
Dates
 Distil: 1990
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 83/100
Mannochmore 18
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Mannochmore

Connoisseur's choice 20 years
Collection
 Connoisseurs Choice
Age
 No age statement
Alcohol percentage
 46 %
Bottler
 Gordon & MacPhail
Dates
 Distil: 1984 Bottling: 2004
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 0/100
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Speyside

Speyside Map

The Speyside area is situated at the North of the Cairngorm mountain and goes to the Moray firth. It is delimited by two rivers: the Findhorn at the West side and the Deveron on the East side.
The area is named after the river Spey. Most of the distilleries take their water in one of its affluents; the Fiddich, the Livet or the Avon.
About sixty distilleries from Speyside are described on this site.

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