Rosebank 1991 Cask Strength Gordon & Macphail

Rosebank 13 Year Old 1991 Dun Bheagan

Dun Bheagan is a label from Ian MacLeod Distillers. For this bottling, they vatted two casks and cut it to a drinking strength. It is 13 years old. The nose starts off closed and needs quite a bit of hand warmth before it gives any sign of life. Agrums and white fruit, but also something dusty. It is a bit dirty, if you know what I mean....

Score 85/100

Rosebank Connoisseur's Choice 1989 12 Year

This G&M edition was nice, but did not compare to the Brora that I drank before it, and hence, brought down my enjoyment. It wasn't the fault of the Rosebank, but I do think perhaps it is overrated a bit due to nostalgia. Nose was delightful with some pear, clover, honey suckle, and hay. Palate: felt very smooth in the mouth; almonds, wild...

Score 86/100

Rosebank 15 Year Old 1990 Gordon & Macphail

The best known bottler from Scotland, with HQ in Eglin, already released more than 30 Rosebank, including quite a few under their Connoisseurs Choice label. This one was distilled in February 1990 and bottled in March 2005, from a refill sherry hogshead. Undoubtedly this was a cask at the end of its lifespan, for the dram has the color of white...

Score 83/100

Rosebank 20 yo (1990/2011) Silver Seal

This 20 yo Rosebank is bottled by the glorious italian label "Silver Seal", Sestante collection. N: neat, the strong anise notes, together with juniper and artemisia herbs immediately stand out. Then this Rosebank slightly opens on a sweetness hard to define; you feel a fresh maltiness, that is still quite closed and pungent even if...

Score 91/100