
The Glenrothes is an award winning Speyside Single Malt Whisky of exceptional quality. A combination of many factors including our unusually slow distillation process in tall copper pot stills deliver our characteristic sweet, fruity and elegant spirit.
Further flavours are derived from our extensive knowledge of maturation in oak casks. Each expression has its own unique personality, underpinned by the distinctive, hallmark characteristics of the distillery – ripe fruits, citrus, vanilla and an exquisite spicy finish all encased in the creamiest of textures and with a complex and well-poised balance.
The Glenrothes Distillery lies on a tributary of the river Spey in Scotland. Speyside is universally acknowledged as the heartland of single malt whisky distillation.
The small Speyside town of Rothes is rather coy about what it does best. The only clue, if you drive down the narrow High Street with the window open, is the feint, sweet scent of distillation in the air. Rothes has been making malt whisky since 1840 and though most is used in blends, it could if it wished produce enough to fill 50 million bottles of single malt each year. At dusk you get a better idea of scale when great clouds of steam can be seen billowing up from the town’s five distilleries of Speyburn, Glan Grant, Glen Spey, Caperdonich and, of course, Glenrothes.
Among them, tucked away in a tree-lined gorge beside the Rothes burn, is the one that proudly bears the town’s name; Glenrothes – built in 1878 and arguably the best kept secret on Speyside, The Glenrothes has been distilled here since 1879.
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Old Malt Cask 16 Year Old Glenrothes Rum Finish |
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Bin No |
OMC1369 |
Region |
Speyside |
Size |
70cl |
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ABV |
50% |
Bottled by |
Douglas Laing |
Price |
£60.00 |
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Nose: for all the obvious rum involvement it is probably the bourbon oakiness that holds sway; excellent weight and balance – slightly Jamaican in style. Taste: warm, biting and at once bracing delivery with a massive barley surge that battles against the peppers. Finish: settles down for something a little special with a glorious marriage of coffee and spice which only sets the scene for the delicate but distinctive echoes of rum and real – or imaginary Jackfruit. Beautifully oiled and quite superb. Balance: a malt that lives long on the finish and in the memory. Wonderful! 92 points - Jim Murray's 2008 Whisky Bible |
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