Rosebank 20 Years Old Rare Malts Selection 62.3% 1981

Distillery	Rosebank
Bottler	OB
Serie	Rare Malts Selection
Bottled for
Distilled date	1981
Bottling date	05.2002
Country	Scotland
Region	Lowlands
Age	20
Cask Type
Cask Number
Alcohol percentage	62.3
Volume	0,70
Condition	No original box included
Label	Perfect
Stock	1

Professional 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)