Rosebank 1991 17 Year Old Single Malts of Scotland Bottled 2008

Rosebank 12 Year Old (Flora and Fauna)

Nose: Strong malt, sweet bread like Hawaiian bread, vanilla, sweet lemons, flowers, sea salt, freshly cut grass, hay, coriander, rosemary. Taste: Soft sweetness that turns dry, lemon zest, cream puffs, oak. Very fresh. Finish: Dry, floral, a touch of bitter citrus. I think of this as being a fall whisky, but not for reasons that Islay whiskies...

Score 88/100

Rosebank 21 Year Old 1990 Murray McDavid Mission Gold

Murray McDavid is an independent bottler that often experiments with wine casks (their former link to Bruichladdich undoubtedly has something to do with that). Today I am trying a Rosebank from their Mission Gold series, 21 years old and matured solely on a bourbon cask. The nose is typical Rosebank: creamy vanilla, loads of citrus, Granny Smith...

Score 85/100

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 12 Year Old (Flora and Fauna)

This is the well known - and much praised - official Rosebank from the Flora & Fauna series (a term, by the way, that was coined by whisky guru Michael Jackson). The first thing that hits you on this utterly soft, but oh so sweet, nose is the typical floral a fruity characteristics: camomile, pears, sap of unmatured graps and a touch of cream....

Score 82/100