Glenrothes 1980 Single Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Glenrothes |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1980 |
| Bottled Year | 2004 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | Sherry Butt |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 56.3% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
amber
air Nose
maybe it’s the power of mind but it does start like a Cognac somehow (is this what some call a brandified malt whisky?), before it gets very chocolaty and coffee-ish. Rather big notes of orange marmalade, walnut stain, toast and butter, gingerbread, cigar box... Strawberry jam. Very faint whiffs of dill and mint. Well, it seems that this new embodiment of the Auld Alliance works quite well. With water: bizarrely, water almost killed this one. It got too dry, cardboardy, excessively ‘walnutty’... Bizarre-bizarre. Let’s wait... zzz... No, that didn’t work, it got almost silent now. Yes, bizarre
restaurant Palate
extremely creamy, thick and oily, with an immense fruitiness and, indeed, something that’s not wholly ‘whisky’ (but Cognac is barely noticeable as such). A whole fruitcake, baklavas, apricot jam (loads), quince jelly, marzipan-filled dates... With water: even sweeter, almost sugary now. Got much simpler – again, this one swims like a flat iron
timer Finish
long, sweet, creamy, candied, with quite some cloves
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