Rosebank Distillery (Closed 1993)
ABV 46%
Like lace on the palate. Treat carefully.
Dave Broom
The Cooper's Choice
Brand
Vintage Malt Whisky Co.
Bottler
1992, 12 Years Old
Expression
Single Malt
Type
12
Age (Years)
2004
Year of Bottling
46%
ABV
Lowland
Region/Country
Independent Bottling
Bottling Type
Taster
Nose: Floral. American cream soda, fizzy sherbet, lemonade. A little water concentrates the aroma well. Has delicate complexity and a dry edge.
Palate: Fragrant. Icing sugar, elderflower, polished wood. Light and rather fragile.
Finish: Sweet. Grapes dusted with icing sugar.
Comment: Like lace on the palate. Treat carefully.
Score: 7.5
Taster
Nose: Insistent pepper and some malt.
Palate: Some initial smoke, unexpected weightiness, quite mouhtcoating and malty. Pears, mixed spice, and melon - especially when reduced.
Finish: Hot, salt, with oak notes lingering.
Comment: Perhaps 12 years in the cask is slightly too long for most Rosebanks. This does not seem a particularly well-behaved example.
Score: 7.5
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