Glenrothes 1979 27 Year Old Red Wine Cask Finish Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask

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

Glenrothes 17 Year Old 1997 Old Particular

The Old Particular range by Douglas Laing has already released quite a few gems. Today we go down the Speyside path for a single cask Glenrothes, which matured for 17 years. It was cut to a drinking strength of 48,4% ABV. The nose is lovely and fruity. Creamy sweet on biscuits and loads of vanilla, apples and pineapples. A bit of camphor shines...

Score 85/100

Glenrothes 1978 vintage

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 few times that I wholeheartedly agree with him (but I do not do halves). It was distilled on 3rd November 1978 and bottled on the 7th January (my...

Score 90/100

Glenrothes Robur Reserve

Glenrothes distillery is located in Rothes in Speyside and was founded in 1878 by James Stuart (the then holder of the licence to the Macallan distillery), John Cruickshank (a banker) and William Grant and Robert Dick (both from the Caledonian Bank). James Stuart soon left the partnership due to financial difficulties, but the other partners...

Score 75/100