Glenrothes 8 Year Old Bottled 1970's Gordon & Macphail

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 Robur Reserve

Bedlington Malt Whisky Society sampled this bottle on the 14th of November 2012. After we had sampled a bottle of Glengoyne 12 Year Old Cask Strength... Massive difference!! With palates properly cleansed, and glasses rinsed we popped open this bottle. Colour: Full gold. Nose: Slight mint. Floral. Rose and wet grass. Incredibly fresh, nice...

Score 81/100

Glenrothes 15yr 1994 un-chillfiltered (Signatory)

This is yet another sample I received from the Drinks by the Dram program from Master of Malt. The 1994 Vintage OB from Glenrothes is a bit citrusy, and therefore I am not a big fan. So frankly, I don't have high-hopes for this dram (not that a Signatory bottling also distilled in 1994 will be exactly like the Vintage 1994 bottling). This...

Score 75/100

Glenrothes 9 Year Old 2007 Carn Mor

This 9 year old Glenrothes from 2007 was bottled this year from a single cask that yielded 920 bottles. It matured on a sherry butt. Bottler is Morrison & Mackay, who released it in their Carn Mor Strictly Limited series. It is very pale, so obviously a refill cask. Well, I would not go as far as calling this nose sweet. Lots of earthy notes,...

Score 79/100