The Whisky Jury - Glenrothes 1997
26yo / 55.0%
Region: Speyside
Cask: Refill hogshead
Scoring: 89/100
Very funny label, extremely well done if you ask me. Please do Edvard Munch's The Scream next time (perhaps with an ex-refill- STR-Laphroaig-finish?)
Colour: straw.
Nose: good fun indeed, with a lot of parsley and cress at first, then salty liquorice and Cuban cigars, then coriander, mint and grapefruit. In other words, it is an unusually potent, zestier Glenrothes. With water: perfect muddy porridge, sprinkled with lemon juice and… whisky indeed. Perfect breakfast.
Mouth (neat): grapefruit indeed, lemons, elderflower liqueur and the spritz they're making thereof (St Germain over Aperol!) I wouldn't have said Glenrothes, I'd have said Highland Park. Could we talk to the warehouse manager? (of 1997). With water: same feelings. Excellent, but do not drown it.
Finish: long, tight, lemony, yet fat, fermentary, waxy, slightly smoky… Seriously, HP.
Comments: best of show this far.
TASTING NOTES, REVIEW & SCORING BY: WHISKYFUN.COM
26yo / 55.0%
Region: Speyside
Cask: Refill hogshead
Scoring: 89/100
Very funny label, extremely well done if you ask me. Please do Edvard Munch's The Scream next time (perhaps with an ex-refill- STR-Laphroaig-finish?)
Colour: straw.
Nose: good fun indeed, with a lot of parsley and cress at first, then salty liquorice and Cuban cigars, then coriander, mint and grapefruit. In other words, it is an unusually potent, zestier Glenrothes. With water: perfect muddy porridge, sprinkled with lemon juice and… whisky indeed. Perfect breakfast.
Mouth (neat): grapefruit indeed, lemons, elderflower liqueur and the spritz they're making thereof (St Germain over Aperol!) I wouldn't have said Glenrothes, I'd have said Highland Park. Could we talk to the warehouse manager? (of 1997). With water: same feelings. Excellent, but do not drown it.
Finish: long, tight, lemony, yet fat, fermentary, waxy, slightly smoky… Seriously, HP.
Comments: best of show this far.
TASTING NOTES, REVIEW & SCORING BY: WHISKYFUN.COM