Rosebank 1974 18 Year Old

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 17 Year Old 1991 Gordon & Macphail Reserve

This is another bottling by Gordon & Macphail, but under their RESERVE label, bottled at cask strength, in this case a whopping 54,4% ABV from this as-of-1993-mothballed distillery. Reopening is a pipe dram as the buildings were sold in 2006 and the remaining distillery equipment was stolen in 2009. Rosebank is lost forever, so taste it while...

Score 80/100

Rosebank 20 Year Old Cadenhead's

This Rosebank was distilled in 1989 and bottled by Cadenhead’s in June 2009 at an ABV of 52.1%. It was matured exclusively in ex-Bourbon hogsheads. The nose is very fruity with grapefruits and apples. I also got vanilla and some very distinct grassy notes. All in all this is a rather pleasurable nose, fruity and floral. The palate is medium-bodied...

Score 84/100

Rosebank 22 Year Old 1991 MacKillop’s Choice

MacKillop’s Choice is in independent bottler founded by Angus Dundee in 1996 with Lorne MacKillop who started his career as a Master of Wine in 1984. Next to single casks as 43% and 46% most of the releases are bottled at cask strength. This is one of those from a few years back from the lost Lowland distillery Rosebank. MacKillop bottled 8 casks...

Score 87/100