The Mannochmore distillery lies just south of Elgin in Morayshire, at the heart of Speyside. The distillery shares not only a site, but also the watersource – the Bardon Burn – with the Glenlossie distillery. However, Mannochmore is considerably larger; the three pairs of stills have a combined total capacity of 3.22 million litres annually. The site asserts a decidedly industrial aesthetic; there are onsite warehouses which boast space for 200,000 casks. Accordingly, the current owners Diageo use the space to store maturing spirit from other distilleries in addition to that of Mannochmore.
The site also hosts a dark grains plant, processing draff and pot ale. Equally sizeable, the facility processes 1000 tonnes of dark grains for animal feed every week. The whisky distillery was built in 1971 by Scottish Malt Distillers, later to become a part of Diageo. It was managed by John Haig and Co. It was only comparatively recently – in 1992 – that single malt Scotch whisky was released from Mannochmore; for many years it had been a blending component and was a constituent of Haig blends.
A more recent release, Loch Dhu, has attained popularity in Denmark, with the moniker ‘The Black Whisky’. Its colour is achieved by double charring the bourbon casks prior to maturation. The Black Whisky was latterly replaced by the similarly sinister-looking Cu Dhub, named for the Gaelic for Black Dog.
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Tasting Notes
Colour: Very dark brown to almost black.
Nose: Sweetness, tobacco, burnt wood, liquorice, coffee, dark caramel and gentle smoky notes.
Palate: Smooth and sweet, with vanilla, liquorice, toffee, roasted coffee, dark caramel and soft spice.
Finish: Warming and slightly bitter-sweet, with coffee, oak, caramel sweetness and lingering malt.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Bright amber gold.
Nose: Honey, vanilla, orchard fruit, soft malt and gentle oak spice.
Palate: Full and warming with caramel, ripe pear, sweet cereal, pepper and polished oak.
Finish: Medium to long with lingering sweetness, spice, oak and a clean malted note.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Bright gold.
Nose: Honey, vanilla, orchard fruit, soft malt and gentle spice.
Palate: Sweet cereal, baked apple, caramel, peppery oak and a rounded malty richness.
Finish: Medium to long with lingering sweetness, spice and polished oak.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Pale gold.
Nose: Fresh orchard fruit, vanilla, soft malt and light honey.
Palate: Gentle and rounded with sweet cereal, apple, toffee and delicate oak spice.
Finish: Clean and medium in length with lingering malt, vanilla and soft peppery oak.
Mossburn’s Vintage Casks Series new member is this tasty Mannochmore. Distilled in 2010 and then matured in first fill bourbon for 14 years, before bottling at cask strength of 52.6% ABV with no added colouring or chill filtration. Mannochmore is a sister distillery to Glenlossie, based in the heart of Speyside, close to Elgin.
Distillery Mannochmore
Bottler Mossburn – Distillers & Blenders (MDB)
Bottling series Vintage Casks – No. 35
Vintage 2010
Bottled 05.03.2024
Stated Age 14 years old
Cask Type Bourbon
Casknumber Batch 25.0110.35
Strength 52.6 % Vol.
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