Glenrothes 1979 Duty Paid Sample

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Glenrothes
Bottler	Distillery Bottling
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1979
Bottled Year	2005
Age	-
Cask Type	Sherry Butt
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	55.3%
Volume	100 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Speyside

Flavor Profile

Fruity

Dried Fruit

Vanilla

Sweet

Oaky

Floral

Honey

Creamy

Citrus

Spicy

Nutty

Herbal

Chocolate

Smoky

Maritime

Peaty

Tasting Notes

Colour

mahogany

air Nose

well, it’s obviously an heavily sherried version and maybe I shouldn’t have started with this baby, as it’s also the strongest… But a verticale is a verticale, isn’t it! Anyway, bags of chocolate and prunes, Armagnac, deep oloroso, morello cherries, raspberry jam and blood oranges, so it’s a fruity/sweet sherry it seems. Quite heavy so far… With water: quite superb, classic development on balsamico, leather and walnut liqueur, with also touches of bacon

restaurant Palate

ultra-rich, thick, concentrated sherry. Walnuts, dried figs, prunes, quince jelly and again that feeling of old Armagnac, but there’s also something citrusy that really lifts the whole and makes it fresh and (almost) sippable just like that. With water: the oak’s spices come out (ginger, cinnamon) but the citrusy notes remain and keep it lively

timer Finish

long, on gin fizz and ginger liqueur, then classic prunes and figs

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