Notes
Cask No. 9.89
Balanced and harmonious
Speyside, Spey
The nose began slightly sharp and spirity (hot lemon sauce, brambles, nettles, balsam and pine) but lots of goodies too – coconut, liquorice allsorts, tinned pineapple, dried fruit, vanilla. With time and a little water it became dusty and woody (newly sawn wood, workshop shavings, tea, hay, pepper) – but with teasing sweetness (honey, chocolate, orange jelly) and delicate roses. The palate flooded the mouth with flavour – dark cherries, dark chocolate, strawberry jam, blackberry, lemon and lime – all nicely agitated by tongue-tingling peppery spice. In reduction, bitter fruits see-sawed with honey, raisin and creamy custard sweetness – bringing balance and harmony. Rothes’ oldest distillery.
Drinking tip: A contemplative dram – or for a special occasion – easy on the water.
Colour: Buccaneer goldCask: Refill butt
Age: 25 years
Date distilled: April 1988
Alcohol: 57.5%
USA allocation: 90 bottles
