Rosebank 1974 17 Year Old Signatory

Rosebank 15 Year Old 1990 Gordon & Macphail Cask StrengthgORG

Gordon & Macphail, one of Scotland’s oldest independent bottlers, already has more than 50 casks of Rosebank on their CV. Not all of them are equally good. Some are downright ordinary, while others are true gems. I wonder in what category I’ll be placing this 15 years old malt, distilled in 1990 and bottled at cask strength in 2006, drawn from...

Score 86/100

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 25 Year Old

Nose, Taste, Finish and Balance are graded out of 2.5 each: Nose: It sounds almost too obvious, but there's immediately a distinct smell of roses - roses planted on a lush bed of smokey earth. It's all roses, then the smoke comes in, and suddenly out of nowhere we have chocolate truffle, of the fruit liqueur variety. Once we get through that,...

Score 95/100

Rosebank 17yo Hart Brothers 1990/2008

Rosebank 17 Hart Brothers 1990/2008 My first Rosebank! Nose: Sweet herbal notes, starfruit, unripe apple/pear, apple danish, slightly floral. Light toffee emerges with time. A little minerally. Taste: Tart / bitter citrus arrival, a little hot (prickly) in places, mellows to a slightly oaked, grainy affair but rounded and pleasantly...

Score 83/100