Glenrothes 1969 42 Year Old Cask #2 Adelphi

Glenrothes 1988 vintage

The nose is spicy with fruit overtones, a little brash for a 20 year old, but fairly complex with sweetness of vanilla and a touch of oak. The pallet is creamy sweet that moves in to spice on the finish which lasts a while with a touch of orange rind. The sherry is rather pronounced in this expression but not over the top. While I tend to like...

Score 88/100

Glenrothes 8 Year Old 2008 Jack Wiebers

I read in Ingvar Ronde’s Malt Whisky Yearbook that Edrington has plans to make Glenrothes their next ‘Premium Spirit’. Usually that means bottlings at higher age, but also much higher prices. Think Macallan and Highland Park from the same owners. Luckily there is still the independent bottler. Jack Wiebers from Germany, for example, released this...

Score 85/100

Glenrothes 11 Year Old 2007 North Star Spirits

To celebrate 10 years of ralfy.com, the funny Scot who writes tasting notes and often makes little videos (hey… hang on…), North Star Spirits bottled this young Glenrothes from 2007. The sherry butt yielded 618 bottles. The nose is liquid Werther’s Original. Caramel galore, joined by pecan nuts, sultanas, overripe banana and dried apricots....

Score 85/100

Glenrothes 19 Year Old 1997 Whiskybroker.co.uk

This Glenrothes slept on a sherry butt for almost two decades. Possibly that was a first fill barrel, because the malt is almost the color of cola. It was bottled by Whiskybroker, the well-known Scottish bottler. Hey! Plums, rye toast, horseskin, chewing tobacco, origin chocolate and a drop of wine vinegar. Walnuts and cuberdons. Freshly polished...

Score 87/100