Glenrothes 14 Year Old 1995 Cask Strength Collection Signatory

Glenrothes 1978 vintage

This Glenrothes from 1978 matured on sherry casks. It won Best Speyside Whisky in 2008, the year of its release, at the World Whisky Awards and Jim Murray (who?) scored it 90.5 points. This is one of the few times that I wholeheartedly agree with him (but I do not do halves). It was distilled on 3rd November 1978 and bottled on the 7th January (my...

Score 90/100

Glenrothes 19 Year Old 1997 Claxton's

Claxton’s is a fairly new player on the market. Their bottles have a distinctive square perfume bottle shape. But what’s inside is often very good indeed. Today I will try their 19 year old Glenrothes from 1997, which took a wonderful color from the sherry cask. This is what I tend to call ‘deep sherry’! Very umami on roast beef, gravy included,...

Score 87/100

Glenrothes 14 Year Old 1998 Wilson & Morgan

This Italian Wilson & Morgan bottled its 8th Glenrothes this year, a 14 Year Old that was finished on sweet Marsala wine casks from Sicily. Marsala is a fortified wine, not unlike port, Madeira or sherry. So I am expecting a very sweet dram. I am not disappointed on the nose. About the sweetness, I mean. The wine is honeysweet and very...

Score 80/100

Glenrothes 13 Year Old G&M Reserve for Maltclan

Maltclan, the whisky club from Halle (Belgium), has just launched its inaugural club bottling. It was presented at several festivals in Belgium and has been going very strong since. Could this whisky really be that good? Chris and Danny gave me a sample to check it out. It is a Gordon & Macphail release under their ‘Reserve’ label. It is a 13...

Score 85/100