Rosebank 1990 16 Year Old Speciality Drinks

Rosebank SMWS 25.59

This review is for the SMWS 25.59 Boxing gloves and rapier thrusts from the silent Rosebank distillery. Distilled back in 1991, this 20yo expression was matured in a refill bourbon cask. Nose: first impression: tropical notes; pineapple and coconut. The second impression is entirely different: fresh on the nose. Notes of green apples and raisins...

Score 91/100

Rosebank 1981 20 Year Old

Between 1998 and 2004, Diageo released four different Rosebank bottlings in their 'Rare Malts' range. This review refers to the third release from 2002, bottle no. 5,637 of a 20-year old version. Sadly, and as we all know, Rosebank will never return. The maltings have been demolished to make way for housing development, and the stills were stolen...

Score 91/100

Rosebank 1991 bottled 2008

Rosebank fell silent in 1993 so this may well be the last reasonably priced Rosebank on the market at between £42 and £48 of your hard earned cash. On the nose we have some mild citrus notes a little orange rind with some of that lovely toasted malt coming through. This is quite a dry whisky, it takes you back somewhat when first consumed as it's...

Score 65/100

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