Rosebank 1981 Bottled 1997 Flora & Fauna

Rosebank SMWS 25.63 - Poire et poivre

Thought I would squeeze in some tasting notes before dinner - ambitious, eh? But really, this is driven by my desire to free up the overcrowded whisky-rack and countertop space in my kitchen. It's slowly working. Three firsts here with this write-up: my first Rosebank, my first closed distillery (I think) and my first SMWS bottling. Rosebank was a...

Score 94/100

Rosebank 31 Year Old 1990 Release Two

Two years ago Ian Macleod distillers, the new owner of Rosebank, launched a 30-year-old from the last stocks from 1990. I found it incomparably delicious. The expectations are therefore high for this Release Two, also from 1990, but in the meantime a year older and a slightly lower alcohol percentage (Release One was still at 48.6%). It again...

Score 91/100

Rosebank Signatory Distilled 1989

It's always a treat to sample some juice from a closed distillery so it was nice to sample this particular expression from the Lowlands. The pleasant nose starts of quite fresh and chock full of greens - almost a wet grassy morning hue in the air followed by big yellow lemons being drizzled on hard boiled candies. Finally a touch of mint and a...

Score 87/100

Rosebank 12 Year Old (Flora and Fauna)

This whisky is very soft tasting lik all lowland whiskies. It has a nice citrus flavour. The distillery is no longer producing so huryy up for that bottle. Bladnoch is also very nice but for me this is the best lowland whisky.

Score 95/100