Glenrothes reviews

Glenrothes is one of my favorite whiskies, I have 3-4 different bottles in my cabinet. Recently I had a chance to try the 22 yo cask strength; this one was a subject of 22 years maturation in a refill…

Glenrothes can be found in Rothes, close to Aberlour, in the heart of Speyside. They distilled for the first time on 28 December 1879, the day on which the Tay Bridge collapsed. I’m just saying… This…

I enjoyed this expression enormously while I owned it for the rich mouth feel and blackcurrant flavours which were reminiscent of better versions of Macallan. Nose: Sweet aromatic, mildly fruity. Taste…

Pours white grape, super light. Nose is really nice amaretto, spiced pear. Taste is soft pear, light body, easy to drink. Soft and delicate. Liked.

At the International Whisky Festival in Ghent this year, this Glenrothes 2001 was the bottle of the show. I only visited the Sunday only to find out that it was already sold out. All 295 bottles were…

The Macphail's Collection is a series of young, but very affordable single malts. At the Whisky Festival for Independent Bottlers, I was able to score quite a few, including this Glenrothes. It is only…

This is very pale in the glass. The nose is musty wet cardboard, aniseed, green leather, musty, envelope glue. Uninspiring. The palate is light, peppery, oak and floral with light fruits. The finish is…

This Glenrothes from 1978 matured on sherry casks. It won Best Speyside Whisky in 2008, the year of its release, at the World Whisky Awards and Jim Murray (who?) scored it 90.5 points. This is one of the…

Duncan Taylor has bottled quite a few Glenrothes casks already. No less than 12 from 1969 alone, bottled in both their Rare Auld and Lonach Collection, as well as in this Peerless series. The casks with…

Little is known about this Glenrothes. It was distilled in 1984 and bottled in 1995 for Velier in Genova (Italy). The label boasts ‘On the Road’, but that is all I can tell you. I scored the sample at…