This Glenrothes bears the age statement of an older whisky, but brings a bright, colourful set of flavours to a complex and decadent base. Aged for 36 years, bottled from a refill hogshead. 1 of 220 bottles, at 44.1% abv.
Official Tasting Notes:
Nose: Roobios tea, thick bracken & tablet.
Palate: Dry vanilla. raspberry & Doc Brown’s banana skin
Finish: “Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need roads.”
Iain found the flavours of this whisky reminiscent of Back to the Future.
North Star have quickly become one of The Oak Barrel’s favourite independent bottlers. Exceptional cask selections at very reasonable prices, they are exciting, fun whiskies – even when they’re very serious – which are designed to be drunk and shared. Winner of Scottish Whisky Awards’ Best Independent Bottler of the Year the last two years running.
Glenrothes in Speyside is a renowned single malt through the distillery’s official bottlings, and while there have been some excellent independent bottlings, they are getting harder to find.
