Glenrothes 1979 Sherry Cask #13470

Glenrothes 1968 35 Year Old

In 1965 my parents arrived in Australia from Italy. Three years after their arrival in 1968, when my Dad was eight years old and watched the first moon landing a year later with no doubt astonished eyes, the Glenrothes distillery in Scotland distilled and placed in oak casks the whisky I am about to taste. This whisky then sat in Speyside for 35...

Score 90/100

Glenrothes 1991

Among my good friends, Glenrothes is a favorite distillery. The Glenrothes '89 was given as a "Best Man" gift many years ago, and the various expressions continue to be a crowd favorite to this day. Nose: While sitting down for this review, I was already catching sweet vanilla notes from this whisky! Wow! Upon proper nosing, I pick up...

Score 91/100

Glenrothes 1998 vintage

Four years ago, on a particularly joyous payday, I walked across the street to my local package store with a mission. I was about to "get into" whisk(e)y. After much deliberation, I purchased three bottles: a bourbon, Russell's Reserve; an Irish, Michael Collins; and a scotch, The Glenrothes Select Reserve. From the start, I was more...

Score 94/100

Glenrothes 8 Year Old 2008 Jack Wiebers

I read in Ingvar Ronde’s Malt Whisky Yearbook that Edrington has plans to make Glenrothes their next ‘Premium Spirit’. Usually that means bottlings at higher age, but also much higher prices. Think Macallan and Highland Park from the same owners. Luckily there is still the independent bottler. Jack Wiebers from Germany, for example, released this...

Score 85/100