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Mortlach whisky

Mortlach is Diageo’s distillery in Dufftown, Speyside; its single malt has a weighty style the producer calls meaty, from an unusual distillation regime. This page lists the Mortlach bottles at the UK retailers we check, official and independent, with the lowest current price for each.

The core range is the 12 Year Old The Wee Witchie, the 16 Year Old Distiller’s Dram and the 20 Year Old Cowie’s Blue Seal, all bottled at 43.4% ABV, with annual Special Releases alongside. Mortlach runs its spirit through several stills of different sizes, one of them three times; the distillery calls the result 2.81 times distilled. Independent bottlings, Gordon & MacPhail among them, appear under their bottler’s name.

Founded by James Findlater in 1823; for the history and the name, see Mortlach on Whiskipedia. Prices are the best current in-stock offer from the UK retailers we check (how we compare prices).

14 full-size bottles (50cl to 1 litre) in stock, with the best current price from the UK retailers we check.

Engraving of Mortlach distillery's buildings and chimney, with Dufftown on the slope behind
Engraving from Alfred Barnard, The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom (1887). Public domain.

Known for

The flavour families that most often turn up for Mortlach, based on its available bottles.

A guide to the house style rather than a promise: individual releases can differ.

About the distillery

Region
Speyside, Scotland
Founded
1823
Status
Producing
Capacity
3.8 million litres of pure alcohol a year (stated capacity, not actual output); as recorded October 2026. Number 58 of 169 by stated capacity.
Stills
6 (3 wash, 3 spirit)
Owner
Owned by Diageo (since 1925); as recorded October 2026
Say it
MORT-lack
SMWS code
76, the number on Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottlings (SMWS code decoder)

Read the full history on Whiskipedia

Secondary Market Barometer

9,538 lots sold · £2.8m hammer total

How Mortlach bottles have traded at Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer and Whisky Hammer between May 2011 and October 2026. Hammer prices exclude buyer's premium, VAT and delivery, except that a Whisky Hammer price includes 20% VAT when a VAT-registered business sells the lot.

Trading volume
#33Often tradedof 181 distilleries by lots sold
Bids per lot
20.7Average biddingWhisky Auctioneer only, against 20.5 across all distilleries
Median hammer price
£130.00average £295.71, pulled up by the top lots
Independent bottlings
55%Mostly independent bottlingsof lots (5,267), the rest official bottlings (4,271)Median hammer: official £120.00, independent £140.00
Highest hammer prices
BottleSoldHammer
Mortlach 1938 Gordon and MacPhail 70 Year Old Generations2021£26,122.00
Mortlach 1939 75 Year Old Gordon & Macphail Generations2023£21,000.00
Mortlach - 47 Year Old (1971)2022£10,500.00
Most often sold
BottleLotsMedian
Mortlach Flora & Fauna 16 Year Old1,181£150.00
Mortlach 'Game of Thrones Six Kingdoms' 15 Year Old607£70.00
Mortlach 15 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail198£60.00
Top independent bottlers
BottlerLotsMedian
Gordon & MacPhail1,469£160.00
Scotch Malt Whisky Society525£160.00
Signatory517£80.00

Past auction results, not a valuation or a guide to future prices. Figures compiled 12 November 2026.

Independent bottlings make up most of the Mortlach lots here; our study of the workhorse malts and independent bottlers looks at where that happens and whether those bottlings cost more. Before comparing a hammer price with a shop price, add the fees: buying whisky at auction vs retail works through them. Auction medians for many brands have fallen since their 2021 and 2022 peaks, as what 1.6 million auction lots show about whisky prices sets out.

Questions

What is the cheapest Mortlach whisky?
The cheapest Mortlach whisky is Signatory Vintage Mortlach 2016 10 Year Old 100 Proof Edition #84 (10 years old, 57.1% ABV, 70cl), at £50.00 from The Whisky Shop. That is £54.99 delivered to the UK mainland for one bottle. Next cheapest: Mortlach Signatory Vintage 100 Proof Batch #84 Single Malt 2016 10 Year Old Whisky (£50.50) and Mortlach 12 Year Old The Wee Witchie (£65.80).
How much does Mortlach whisky cost?
Mortlach whisky costs from £50.00 to £760.50, with a median of £179.92 for a full-size bottle (50cl to 1 litre). The dearest is Mortlach 38 Year Old 1987 (cask 1594) - (Adelphi) Single Malt Whisky.
What is the oldest Mortlach whisky you can buy?
Mortlach 38 Year Old 1987 (cask 1594) - (Adelphi) Single Malt Whisky, at 38 years old, from £760.50.
What does 2.81 times distilled mean?
Mortlach runs several stills of different sizes, all cooled by worm tubs. Spirit from different stills goes through different numbers of distillations, and one small spirit still, the Wee Witchie, is charged three times in each run, so on average the spirit counts as distilled about 2.81 times. The 12 Year Old The Wee Witchie is named after that still.
What type of Scotch is Mortlach?
A single malt Scotch whisky from Dufftown in the Speyside region, made at a distillery founded in 1823 by James Findlater and now owned by Diageo. Diageo describes the spirit as heavier and meatier than most Speyside malts, a style linked to the distillery’s partial triple distillation and worm-tub condensers. Much of the output goes into blends, and the core single malts are bottled at 43.4% ABV.