Glenrothes 1970 DT The Octave
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Glenrothes |
| Bottler | Duncan Taylor (DT) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1970 |
| Bottled Year | 2011 |
| Age | 40년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 41.6% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
dusty and musty at first nosing, with all these oily smells again but also something much more farmy, sort of wild. Wet stones, fresh mushrooms, ham, caramel… Whiffs of peat, oxtail, gravy, roots… Quite playful and unusually complex (but who knows Deanston well? I certainly don’t). gets mintier after a moment, with also hints of lilies of the valley… A good surprise so far
restaurant Palate
rounder and probably more ‘academic’ than the 12 yo , even if there’s quite some peat again. Other than that we have a little muesli, lots of roasted nuts, herbal teas, chlorophyll, grass, olive oil. It’s not significantly better than the 12 yo in the middle, actually. More on bitter almonds
timer Finish
a little cardboardy now but not drying at all. Nice fresh almonds and olive oil again – is this one good for, or rather against our cholesterol? Now, it’s hard to give it more than 80 points . February 2, 2007 TASTING - THREE EXCELLENT OLD GLENROTHES Glenrothes 1970/2006 (41.8%, Taste Still, cask #10590, 175 bottles) From the rather impressive new series from Corman Collins'