Glenrothes 24 Years Old Cadenhead Small Batch 55.7% 1990

Distillery	Glenrothes
Bottler	Cadenhead
Serie	Small Batch
Bottled for
Distilled date	1990
Bottling date	2015
Country	Scotland
Region	Speyside
Age	24
Cask Type	Sherry Butts
Cask Number
Alcohol percentage	55.7
Volume	0,70
Condition	In original container
Label	Perfect
Stock	0

Professional reviews

Serge Valentin (87)

Let's see if once again, a real small batch (not 30,000 bottles) beats single casks because of some additional complexity. Colour: coffee. Nose: coffee. I'm not joking, this reeks of coffee (with schnapps), with also a good deal of gunpowder and flints. Quite a lot of burnt black raisins too, very dark caramel, then black tobacco (Gauloises) and touches of leather and perhaps fennel. With water: burnt cardboard, black cigars (maduros, or this funny cigar made in Italy called Toscani - kills a rhino)... In short everything's quite black. Mouth (neat): heavy, bitter in a good way, very burnt, with many spicy fruitcakes and loads of muscovado sugar. Cloves and tar. As 'black' as it gets. With water: becomes kirschy and funnily spicy-fruity. Mulled wine, more burnt sugar. Finish: very long. Coffee-slivovitz. Comments: a very extreme one, perhaps for lovers of sherry monsters only. Some sides remind me of the old Macallans Cask Strength.

Words of Whisky (91)

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A true sherry monster that shows enough complexity and maturity to rise way above your average sherry bomb (a'bunadh or Glendronach CS). I absolutely adore this whisky.
Nose
Very powerful sherry, sweet and dark. Red berries, plums and black berries with cocoa powder, coffee and polished leather. There is a hint of sulphur. It is very reminiscent of the Glenrothes 1990/2002 W&M, except a little better integrated and more powerful.
Taste
Dried dates, cherry syrup and dark chocolate. Some brown sugar and caramel as well. No sulphur here and it has a pretty meaty mouthfeel to it.
Finish
Sweet (golden syrup) with a hint of smoke. Long and slightly dry

BOW (90)

Cadenhead's official tasting notes:

Nose: Huge sherry; very meaty with liqueur chocolates. Roasting pan juices with figs and poached pears.
Palate: More massive sherry - grab a knife and fork for this. Lots of marzipan, quite creamy like a sherry trifle and then more meatiness grows.
Finish: Huge sherry tussles with dried oranges, soft black pepper and a little rubber. One for the hardcore sherry fans.