Glenrothes 1971 32 Year Old

Glenrothes 20 Year Old 1997 WhiskyClub Taiwan

WhiskyClub.co from Taiwan has, in collaboration with the Kuva Spirits Collection, bottled a cask of Glenrothes 1997. No less than 300 bottles from this first fill sherry but were bottled, but… in three batches of 100 bottles, each with their own unique packaging! That’s a first, as far as I know. There are 100 bottles in a black wooden tube, 100...

Score 86/100

Glenrothes 8 Year Old The Macphail's Collection

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 8 years old. A nose full of nuts, yellow and orange stone fruit, oats, honey, cake with a bit of thyme and rosemary. Also a bit of earth and...

Score 76/100

Glenrothes 1991

Nose: honeyed and buttery aromas (butterscotch, mocha). Caramel. Roasted nuts. Vanilla. Quite some heather. Cooked fruits with gentle spices. A hint of leather. Mouth: similar toffee / mocha notes. Baked apples and a lovely hint of coconut cream. Roasted nuts and barley sugars in the aftertaste. Fading on spices (ginger, cloves). Finish: not too...

Score 83/100

Glenrothes 1987 bottled 2005

Glenrothes has a whole range of vintages on the market. That means the bottles didn't get an age statement, but the year of distillation, on the label. This vintage 1987 was matured for about 40% on first fill sherry casks. It was bottled in 2002 at the age of 14. The nose is rife with young apples and even some... err... champagne. Add licquorice...

Score 80/100