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1979
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1979 - 2005 |
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57% |
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Single Cask
Single Cask 13458
distilled 1979
bottled 2005
519 Bottles only for USA |
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| Tasting Notes
Original Glenrothes |
Apperance: deep mahogany
Bouquet: vanilla, dried fruit and oak
Palate: rich ripe fruit flavour, plums
and candy apples
Finish: very long sweet citrus finish |
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Jim Murray's Whisky Bibel 5th Edition |
The Glenrothes
1979 Single Cask no. 13458 db (68)
n18 t19 f15 b16
Wrecked by sulphur. In Whisky terms, tragic. 57% |
| Malt Advocate |
A single cask
bottling of The Glenrothes aged in a first fill sherry cask.
Only 519 bottles, all destined for the US. It is the richest,
chewiest, sweetest, and fruitiest of all the Glenrothes whiskies
reviewed here. Deep mahogany color, with notes of toffee apples,
waxed fruit, burnt orange, prunes in syrup, and dark chocolate.
The intensity of the sherry and length of oak aging gives the
whisky a flavourprofile that begins to transcend traditionial
whisky flavours, expressing notes of port wine, pot still rum,
and rancio.$995! |
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1979 - 2005 |
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55.3% |
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Single Cask
Character: Etheral, minty dark chocolate
Single Cask 13470
distilled 1979
bottled 2005
583 Bottles only for GB |
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| Tasting Notes
Original Glenrothes |
Apperance: deep mahogany
Bouquet: ethereal, minty dark chocolate
Palate: rich ethereal cardamon
Finish: long creme broule finish |
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Jim Murray's Whisky Bibel 4th/5th Edition |
The Glenrothes
1979 Single Cask no. 13470 db (95)
n24 basket of toffee apples sitting under a spice rack.
Awesome; t24 massive spice and hickory start, sweetened
with mollased and honeycomb; f23 long with the spices
remaining playfull and the vanilla intervention soft and
empathic; b24 thats what you call a sherry cask; big, yet
everthing just-so. Classic.57,5% (<-wrong Vol) |
| Whiskyfun by Serge |
Glenrothes 1979/2005 (55.3%, OB, cask #13470, 583 bottles)
***** I remember another 1979/2005 bottled at 55.2% (cask #3808)
that was quite excellent (WF 89). Colour: mahogany. 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. Mouth (neat): 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.
Finish: long, on gin fizz and ginger liqueur, then classic
prunes and figs. Comments: an ultra-sherried version that
reminds me of some of Glenfarclas Family Casks. After all, we
aren't very far geographically speaking
SGP:552 - 90 points.
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| whisky-pages |
Glenrothes, 1979 Single Cask (Scotland)
Occasionaly a cask of The Glenrothes will be deemed worthy of
bottling as a Single Cask. These are fairly few and far between.
This 1979 has oiled leather and wood polish on the nose, waxed
jackets and dried fruits. Much more gently fragrant when reduced.
Massive on the palate: old sherry, beeswax and dark treacle.
Very long in the finish, with dark chocolate notes. Insistently
drying and moreish. 55.3% ABV, 70cl, specialist whisky
merchants. |
| Tasting Notes
Royal Miles |
Nose: Sherry,
and lots of it. Malt vinegar and flat coke. Molasses, prunes and
Camp coffee essence. Root beer, gingerbread, dark rum and
licquorice. We could go on and on...
Taste: Dark rum, treacle, banana cake, and woody
finish with spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves).
Overall: Yes this is a whisky matured in a sherry cask,
but at the same time it somehow hasn't become dominant or
over-tannic. A big scorer. |
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1979 - 2005 |
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57% |
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Single Cask
Cask 13466
distilled 1979
bottled 2005 |
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Jim Murray's Whisky Bibel 3rd/4th/5th
Edition |
The Glenrothes
1979 Single Cask no. 13466 db (94)
n23 leather armchairs, gentleman's club, dusty libraries,
polished oak, oloroso evaporating from a sleeping octogenarian�
chair; traces of a burnt match; t24 dry oloroso around
the tastebuds; f23 burnt fudge; string of dark liquorice
and hints of coffee-infused Demerara pot still rum; b24
creaks around the palate with effortless class 57% |
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1979 - 2005 |
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55,2% |
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Single Cask
Character: Exotic, rich, citrus, jasmin
Single Cask 3808
distilled 1979
bottled 2005
502 Bottles only for Asia and Germany |
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Mini |
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| Tasting Notes
Original Glenrothes |
Apperance: deep mahogany
Bouquet: exotic, jasmin citrus
Palate: full flavour orange zest, oak and
vanilla
Finish: very long sweet citrus finish |
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Whiskyfun by Serge |
Glenrothes
1979/2005 (55.2%, OB, cask #3808, 502 bottles) Bottled at
cask strength, which is rather unusual at Glenrothes' if I'm not
mistaken. Colour: pale amber. Nose: starts more spirity as
expected, with more varnish, even glue This one suffers from
the comparison with the 1970, for it's so rougher - even
slightly soapy. Yet, it gets then unusually perfumy (roses, musk,
scented soap, incense again), all that in an enjoyable way.
Something vegetal as well (asparagus). Hints of cardboard. The
whole is a bit strange, maybe it's the high proof. Let's try it
with a little water: it gets wilder now, more vegetal but also
more complex, maybe slightly peaty, waxy Phenolic, in any case.
Mouth (neat): better, much better than on the nose when
undiluted. Very assertive and unusually raw for a Glenrothes (in
a good way). Lots of roasted nuts, caramel, toffee, with
something very vegetal and nicely bitter (bay leaves, capers,
radish). Then we have the usual honey plus quite some mastic,
chlorophyll, infused tealeaves... A different Glenrothes, more a
hipflask version than a club version. I like it, it's got a
little more to tell you than the usual Glenrothes, no matter how
perfect their balance and roundness is. Finish: very long,
sweeter now, still very honeyed but with again a growing
grassiness and something phenolic if not peaty. I had it at
87-88 points but I must say its extra-dimension (phenols and
such) deserve a little more. Okay, it's going to be 89 points,
but this one needs time. (February 2, 2007) |
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Jim Murray's Whisky Bibel 5th Edition |
The Glenrothes
1979 Single Cask no. 3808 db (95)
n24 a near faultless nose with the clarity of the fruit,
presumably sherry (though maybe not first fill), is enough to
bring a tear to the eye: a sweet nougat kick is matched by rich,
spiced sultana, the well-aged bourbon: absolutely something for
everyone; t24 the malt dissolves on impact letting in
several shockwaves of spice; almost brutally fruit yet the
honeyed seem is a thick one; f24 long, the most playful
vanillas and with a confidence bordering on arrogance as the
spices re-ignite, as if telling you that it'll end when it feels
like it...not when it theoretically should...meanwhile, the very
lightly smoked honey and burned fudge just go on and on and
on... b24 la pearl of a malt that has me scratching my
head in wonder. Although from a single cask, there are elements
in this which are pure bourbon and others which are pure sherry
- in every sense. In the end, it doesn't much matter because the
tastebuds are almost too overwhelmed to take in all that is on
offer. Stunning 55,2% |
| Jürgen Deibel
Whiskybotschafter 1/2006 |
Nase: Bouquet von exotischen Früchten
(Mango und Papaya) mit Zitrusnoten; im Hintergrund Anklänge von
Vanilletönen mit einem Hauch von Blumigkeit (Jasmin, wie auf dem
Etikett angegeben?) und leichte Gewürznoten
Geschmack: sehr voll im Körper, die süße
von Orangen; wirkt schön im Mund und ist angenehm trinkbar.
Nachklang: Die beim Geschmack
festgestellte Süße bleibt lang erhalten und wirkt sehr lange
nach. |
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Tasting Notes whisky-info |
Geruch: sehr angenehmer Geruch nach
Eiche, etwas Vanille, süßlich fruchtig
Geschmack: wow, ein Hammerteil Sherry,
Orangen und sehr cremig
Fazit: Superspitzenklasse |
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