Rosebank 1990 Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & Macphail

Rosebank 1981 25 Year Old

Nose, Taste, Finish and Balance are graded out of 2.5 each: Nose: It sounds almost too obvious, but there's immediately a distinct smell of roses - roses planted on a lush bed of smokey earth. It's all roses, then the smoke comes in, and suddenly out of nowhere we have chocolate truffle, of the fruit liqueur variety. Once we get through that,...

Score 95/100

Rosebank 13 Year Old 1991 Dun Bheagan

Dun Bheagan is a label from Ian MacLeod Distillers. For this bottling, they vatted two casks and cut it to a drinking strength. It is 13 years old. The nose starts off closed and needs quite a bit of hand warmth before it gives any sign of life. Agrums and white fruit, but also something dusty. It is a bit dirty, if you know what I mean....

Score 85/100

Rosebank 1991 16 Year Old Cask 7302

Been sitting around for a few years ... surprisingly large amount remaining. Very light straw colour. Mellow hay character with some sweet candy nose. First taste is light and soft lowland. Some heat, but very simple and straight forward. Tiny touch of honey with some green peppercorn.

Score 76/100

Rosebank 31 Year Old 1990 Release Two

Two years ago Ian Macleod distillers, the new owner of Rosebank, launched a 30-year-old from the last stocks from 1990. I found it incomparably delicious. The expectations are therefore high for this Release Two, also from 1990, but in the meantime a year older and a slightly lower alcohol percentage (Release One was still at 48.6%). It again...

Score 91/100