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
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