Rosebank 1990 21 Year Old Cask #8247 Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask

Rosebank 1991/2004 Signatory Vintage

Just like the official Flora & Fauna bottling, this independent Rosebank from Signatory, is 12 years old. It's very light in color, like Chardonnay wine. It's a vatting of casks 4700-4702. The nose is even more delicate than the official one, but needs a little more time to reveal the fruity character: lime, grapefruit, green apples and some...

Score 79/100

Rosebank 1981 22 Year Old

The Rare Malts Selection from Diageo already boasts 4 Rosebank. A 19yo from 1979, a 20yo from 1979, a 20yo from 1981 and a 22yo from 1981. We are tasting the final one. The nose, once you get past the alcohol, bursts with pears and lime, but is also slightly farmy. Freshly cut grass and hay. A mild hint of dried figs. A whiff of apricot marmalade....

Score 86/100

Rosebank 12 Year Old 1989 Silver Seal

Rosebank closed already in 1993, but the whisky still appears on the market regularly (although less and less for obvious reasons). This bottling already dates back to 2001, from the Max Righi stables. I scored the sample at the festival for independent bottlers in Belgium. The nose is very light and offers mostly citrus, but not much else. A...

Score 83/100

Rosebank 30 Year Old 1990 Release One

I think it is fair to say that Rosebank is in the top five of closed distilleries. This King of the Lowlands was shut down in 1993 and for the longest time it looked like it would never re-open. But then Ian MacLeod stepped in – which we know mostly from Glengoyne and Tamdhu – and announced in 2017 that they would bring Rosebank back. The...

Score 91/100