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Mortlach The Cigar Malt 20 Year Old, Oloroso Sherry Cask, Cask #5252, 1997, Chieftain's, 56.7%
Mortlach

Mortlach The Cigar Malt 20 Year Old, Oloroso Sherry Cask, Cask #5252, 1997, Chieftain's, 56.7%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 30
Average Score
Avg 90
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Description

Founded by Leonard J. Russell Snr in 1936, Ian Macleod & Company Ltd have a distinguished history with a portfolio of quality brands and spirits. In recent decades, the company has acquired several distilleries including Glengoyne and Tamdhu and has also launched the bold and intense Smokehead Islay Single Malt. Chieftain's - named for the Celtic leaders - is an award-winning range of rare malts f ... This Speyside single malt whisky is from an undisclosed distillery, widely believed to be Mortlach, distilled in 1997 and aged for 20 years.

Change+24.7%
LatestSGD 670
HighSGD 673
LowSGD 537
SGD 689SGD 633SGD 577SGD 521Price (SGD)Observed dateFeb 8Jun 8Sep 7Feb 8 - SGD 537 - Scotch Whisky Auctions - Feb 8, 2026Jun 8 - SGD 673 - Whisky Auctioneer - Jun 8, 2026Sep 7 - SGD 670 - Whisky Auctioneer - Sep 7, 2026

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Whisky AuctioneerAuction Sold Price - Sep 7, 2026SGD 669.89
Whisky AuctioneerAuction Sold Price - Jun 8, 2026SGD 672.57
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Cask type
Oloroso Sherry Cask
Bottling
Independent Bottling - Chieftain's (Ian Macleod Distillers)
Peated
Unpeated
Single cask
Yes
Non-chill filtered
Yes
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
5252
Batch
N.A
PPM
N.A
Barley
N.A
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
N.A
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
634
Has box
Yes
Closure
Cork
Presentation
Wooden box
Series highlights
The Cigar Malt
Historical context
N.A
Special release
N.A
Allocation
N.A
Nose
Chicory/coffee mix, plasticine, a little sulfur, loads of dates, sour cherries & Extravecchio Balsamic.
Palate
Heavy, meaty, coffee, tobacco, maggi sauce and a slight metallic twang. Raisins, figs masraschino cherry, clove, sticky toffee pudding, chestnut honey, cocoa, the oak come across like old furniture.
Finish
Lingers forever, coffee, dark chocolate, citrus peel, walnut & return of balsamic like notes and that dunnage/old basement edge to the oak.
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