Mannochmore 13 Year Old 2008 – Benchmark (Murray McDavid) | 700ML

Introduction

Whiskey: Mannochmore 13 Year Old 2008 – Benchmark (Murray McDavid) | 700ML

Sweet, zesty marmalade, drying clove, and buttery apple pastries, with hints of earthen vanilla pod in the distance.

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Size: 700ML

Proof: 101.8 (50.9%ABV)

Origin: Scotland

Distillery: Mannochmore

The gang at indie bottler Murray McDavid opened up a cask of Mannochmore single malt here to join the Benchmark collection. Distilled in 2008, the whisky finished its 13-year maturation in a Pedro Ximnez cask, opened in 2022 yielding a total of 286 bottles.

Mannochmore 13 Year Old 2008 – Benchmark (Murray McDavid) | 700ML Tasting Notes

Nose: Sweet, zesty marmalade, drying clove, and buttery apple pastries, with hints of earthen vanilla pod in the distance.

Palate: Rich roasted barley brings notes of caramelised nuts and creamy praline, bolstered by hearty helpings of stewed stone fruits.

Finish: Hints of herbal tea arrive on the finish alongside sweet baking spices, nutty chocolate, and cooked apple.

Distillery Information

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.