From the village of Rothes in central Speyside, the Glenrothes Distillery with its cathedral like stillhouse often lives a life in bit of anonymity - a shame really because it does put out some very good bottlings on its own.
I might add that the distillery is not normally open to the public, so if you want to visit you need to e.g. attend the Speyside Festival... I certainly think its worth a vist for the still house alone...
We see a good handfull of single cask bottling from indepenent bottlers from time to time and the Archives one is one of those... This review also concludes the 6 part 'Archives - Batch 3'-series.
Glenrothes 1988 23yo 06.06.1988/04.01.2012 refill sherry hogshead#7318, 53,4%, Archives
Straw coloured
Nose:
A baked gristy note, slight alcohol burn on the nose. Some spicy winey sweetness carries through, probably the sherry cask speaking here. Freshly cut grape fruits. After a few minutes the citrus notes become more dominant as does wet oak.
Taste:
Apples and sugar jarred and shelved for a winter. Fermented garden fruits. Hints of crushed rosehip and that baked spice note from the nose again. Peppery and a dash of oriental spice mix. Finished on a little too much oak in the back of the mouth to really get this taster going...
...a very pleasant dram, nonetheless! :-)
86/100!
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