The Glenrothes 12 Year

Smooth and silky, with the aforementioned notes of vanilla and cinnamon. Easy on the palette, with the slightest hint of alcohol that quickly dissipates at the finish. Wonderful value!

N: Stewed apple and rhubarb, vanilla, sweet sherry fruits. Slight sulphurous note. P: cream, leather, hazelnuts, chocolate, herbaceous, honey and melon. Sultanas and sherry influence bring up the back end. F: short, watery melon, astringent spice. I seem to recall trying this some time ago and finding it quite pleasant. Tonight though, whilst there is lots to find and mull over there is also something very off putting. It just doesn’t sit well with me. I suspect it’s the slight sulphurous note I find on the nose. This is a shame as I think with that gone from the mix, here is a really interesting sherry cask where the sherry flavours are not the stars. Perhaps I’ll leave this open and revisit it sometime, I think it’s worth the second (or third) visit… Distiller whisky taste #62

High pep vanilla caramel sweetness 2.5 Sweetness malty vanilla sweetness well balanced , no oaky woody tannin, harmonious 3 Towards the back you get some heat bitter woody 2 2.5 but 2.25