Rosebank 20 Years Old Rare Malts Selection 62.3% 1981

Distileerderij	Rosebank
Bottelaar	OB
Serie	Rare Malts Selection
Gebotteld voor
Gedistilleerd op	1981
Gebotteld	05.2002
Land	Schotland
Streek	Lowlands
Leeftijd	20
Cask Type
Vatnummer
Alcohol percentage	62.3
Inhoud	0,70
Conditie	Geen originele kist
Etiket	Perfect
Voorraad	1

Professionele reviews

Serge Valentin (88)

Colour: straw. Nose: ouch! A high-octane malt, with a little lemon indeed but so strong that you can’t really nose it just like that, unless you want to ‘suicide your nostrils’. So, with water (at roughly 45%): lots of lemon indeed (including rubbed zests), fresh mint, moss and fern just like in the Daily Dram, a little paraffin and lamp petrol, wet stones… There’s also a little apple juice, beeswax, heather honey… Quite austere and a little ‘rigid’ but very elegant. Excellent but maybe not for everyone. Mouth (neat): more drinkable than noseable at such high strength, very lemony, but let’s not play with our palate. With water: yes, it’s excellent, very elegant, very close to the Daily Dram now. Maybe a little spicier, with more pepper, and certainly less ‘tropically fruity’. Great, long finish, on lemon and high-end green tea, with quite some pepper. Another excellent Rosebank, just a tad less complex than the new Daily Dram.

BOW (90)