What they say:

• Established in 1878
• Mostly goes to sherry
• This is one of the classic reasons for going to an Independent Bottler; it is an opportunity to try something that is not normally on the market; our bottling has not been in sherry; so arguably an opportunity to see the canvas beneath the paint

Tasting note:

• Immediate aromas of lightly roasted barley rather than oak followed by a little malty barely sugar and Scottish shortbread sweetness. Developing into orange blossom, dried peel and vanilla oak
• On the palate soft orange marmalade, vanilla pastry and ginger with that spicier structure coming through a little later

What I say

Following on from Mossburn No 24 North British Grain we move to a single malt from Glenrothes distillery in Speyside, again matured in Hogsheads, highlighting the difference between single malt and single grain whiskies.

• ABV 46%
• Age 11 Years Old
• Bottler Mossburn
• Bottling Vintage Casks No.26
• Cask Hogsheads
• Category Single Malt Whisky
• Cost £65
• Origin Glenrothes Distillery
• Outturn n/a
• Region Speyside
• Released 2019
• Vintage 2007

My tasting notes:

• Appearance Vin Gris (1/20), quick, medium-fine tears and thin legs.
• Nose Malty cereal barley, mushroom, umami, shortbread biscuits, fresher, citrus, lemon, baked apple pie and candied peel.
• Taste Full-bodied, unctuous barley malt, touch of white pepper spice and ginger heat, apple pear, grassy cereal, hay, marmalade with candied peel, biscuity malt and sharp & spicy towards the end.
• Finish Long, drying and spiced sour lime notes persist.
• Overall Again another insight into unerderlying spirit character with masses of maltiness present from Glenrothes. Slightly less vanilla/wood/cask influence though this is a little younger too.

Score 83/100

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