Glenrothes 1991 Bottled 2010

Glenrothes Macpail Collection 8 yr

This is very pale in the glass. The nose is musty wet cardboard, aniseed, green leather, musty, envelope glue. Uninspiring. The palate is light, peppery, oak and floral with light fruits. The finish is short, spicy and drying.

Score 76/100

Glenrothes 1992 bottled 2005

I stumbled across this bottle today while hopping from package store to package store. What can I say, I enjoy the hunt! The Glenrothes 1992 (bottled in 2005) is considered by the distillery to be an extinct vintage. That basically means I shouldn't have been able to find it in a package store. Lucky me! Frankly, I've been told that the 1991...

Score 90/100

Glenrothes 11 Year Old 2007 North Star Spirits

To celebrate 10 years of ralfy.com, the funny Scot who writes tasting notes and often makes little videos (hey… hang on…), North Star Spirits bottled this young Glenrothes from 2007. The sherry butt yielded 618 bottles. The nose is liquid Werther’s Original. Caramel galore, joined by pecan nuts, sultanas, overripe banana and dried apricots....

Score 85/100

Glenrothes The MacPhail's Collection - 8yrs

I finally succumbed to my curiosity, and finally bought the young 8yr Glenrothes whisky bottled by Gordon & MacPhail: The MacPhail's Selected Single Distillery Collection 8yr from Glenrothes Distillery. I had seen this bottling at the local package stores for a while, but I held off as I have a real aversion to young whiskies. Having heard...

Score 80/100