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Glenrothes 1997 Cl

Overall rating
88.80/100
votes
190
Whiskybase ID
WB90083
Category
Single Malt
Distillery
Bottler
Claxton's (Cl)
Bottling serie
The Single Cask
Vintage
28.04.1997
Bottled
16.11.2016
Stated Age
19 years old
Casktype
Sherry Butt
Casknumber
1610-7154
Number of bottles
669
Strength
53.7 % Vol.
Size
700 ml
Added on
03 dec 2016 1:40 pm by rvdoorn
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Glenrothes 1997 Cl
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Glenrothes 1997 Cl
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Average value

€ 114.26

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Whisky Reviews for Glenrothes 1997 Cl

39 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 88.80 points

  1. theograph scored this whisky 90 points Expert Senior

    Ein Sherryhammer a la old school - a true christmas galore! Top! PLV: 9/10
    • Nose
      Maggie satt! Fleischig, schwefelig und staubig; dunkle herbe Schokolade; Holzpolitur, Zedernholz, Zirgarrenrauch, merh Schweflenoten; kanidierte rote Früchte, schwere süße und zugleich leicht bittere Rumkirschen; altes, säurebetontes Eichenholz, dunkle Schokolade, Espresso, Irish Coffee? Noten von Cognac;
    • Taste
      Trocken/staubig und eine gehörige Portion altes Eichenholz, sehr mächtig! Edel polierte Zigarrenkiste, kalter Zigarrenrauch, mehr poliertes Holz, speckiges Leder, Schwefel bzw. Schießpulver, verborgene Noten von Rumkirschen, Sherryfrucht im Hintergrund - subtil alter und gereifter Sherry; Kakaopulver, Tiramisu, Rumkuchen;
    • Finish
      Würzig, Eiche satt! Wieder Rumfrüchte und das Tiramisu, sehr mächtig!

  2. Erik Elixir scored this whisky 89 points Connoisseur

    Tasted with Whiskyclub Spakenburg
    • Nose
      Leather, black currant, cassis, drying and custard. Dates, some pepper and orange.
    • Taste
      Forest fruits, coffee and Butterscotch.
    • Finish
      Drying with Butterscotch and forst fruits.

  3. Kodos scored this whisky 92 points Expert Junior

    An excellent independent sherried Glenrothes. That they put it in a nice bottle is just a happy accident. If you like heavy sherried whisky, this is a must buy! True bomb.

  4. Funtik scored this whisky 88 points Connoisseur

    • Nose
      89 89
    • Taste
      88 88
    • Finish
      88 88

  5. -sAxo- scored this whisky 84 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      88 88
    • Taste
      83 83
    • Finish
      82 82

  6. Sjaak92 scored this whisky 89 points Expert Senior

  7. Derufus scored this whisky 90 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      89 89
    • Taste
      91 91
    • Finish
      90 90

  8. penumbra scored this whisky 81 points Expert Senior

    All the flavors are clean and pure, the layering and impact are great, personally like it. If you want to pick a problem, the wine is dry, and the fruity taste is not obvious.
    • Nose
      Shirley bomb, damp wood (approximately Dona single barrel), dark fruit, licorice, caramel, high fruity and sweetness, thick smell, oak, black currant, fleshy texture, slight leather .
    • Taste
      Spicy, dry wooden board, bitter herbs, espresso, black chocolate, cough syrup, a little tannin and tobacco, after the heavier flavor passes, slowly emerges the juice and sweetness of various black fruits, cream, Fruit candy, dried prunes, figs.
    • Finish
      Very long, hand rushed to Kenya, plank, Shirley.

  9. Whisky.Hedonist.MY scored this whisky 85 points Expert Senior

    Sample brought from whiskysample.nl
    • Nose
      86 86
      Very intense dark sherry notes, coffee, leathery, dried figs, prunes. Unmistakenly good sherry profile, but a little tired and boring. Sweet and concentrated fruit syrup.
    • Taste
      85 85
      Strong sherry notes, dark chocolate, dried fruit sweetness. Rather hot on the tongue, some water might help. Strong oakiness, almost bitter.
    • Finish
      84 84
      Dry and bitter tannin, quite creamy and spicy. Medium long.

  10. toklian scored this whisky 83 points Connoisseur

    N 21 P 21 F 21 B 20

  11. Thermidor scored this whisky 87 points Connoisseur

    It's good, but most likely the cask would have yielded similar quality results regardless of the spirit.
    • Nose
      Feels like a typical contemporary strongly sherried cask. Meat stock cubes, meat pastries, slightly rubbery sherry. It's robust and well put together, but there are many like this one. Somewhat Glendronach if you catch my drift.
    • Taste
      Quite strong and biting neat, but with a rich, full sherriness that hasn't got any unpleasant notes like sulphur and relatives, or lipstick. Works wonderfully in the mouth as is, but sadly water makes it Just Another Sherry Cask. 
    • Finish
      The finish is mostly on the sherry, with the meat pastries coming back in the tail.

  12. ctu scored this whisky 89 points Connoisseur

    A really big sherry bomb, stray oaky, dry flavors in the end. 89/90.
    • Nose
      Big sherry. Antique leather, prune, black currant, fig, tobacco, marzipan and spicy oak.
    • Taste
      Powerful, oily. Forest fruits, sherry, milk caramel, coffee and tobacco. Tannic oak. Spices: nutmeg, pepper and ginger.
    • Finish
      Long, dry, oaky, spicy.

  13. EJS scored this whisky 90 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      90 90
    • Taste
      89 89
    • Finish
      90 90

  14. Rien scored this whisky 89 points Connoisseur

    • Nose
      89 89
    • Taste
      90 90
    • Finish
      89 89

  15. markjedi1 scored this whisky 87 points Connoisseur

    Very intense Glenrothes! Not for the faint hearted.
    • Nose
      This is what I tend to call ‘deep sherry’! Very umami on roast beef, gravy included, dark chocolate, plums and fresh figs. Some bicycle tyre (rubber, but not over the top) and tobacco leaves. Very good indeed. 
    • Taste
      Nicely oily and immediately very spicy on the palate with nutmeg, ginger and even some curcuma. Again those deep sherry notes that make him dark and mysterious. Some coughing syrup, roast beef returns as does the tobacco. Beef jerky, treacle and liquorice. Chocolate kicks in. Powerhouse with a mildly drying effect.
    • Finish
      Wonderfully long finish, but very dry now. At the death a surprising salty note appears, going head to head with the chocolate. I need a glass of water, now…

  16. Whiskywobbler scored this whisky 86 points Expert Senior

    True sherry bomb!
    • Nose
      87 87
    • Taste
      87 87
    • Finish
      86 86

  17. kimmosuo scored this whisky 85 points Connoisseur

    • Nose
      86 86
    • Taste
      85 85
    • Finish
      85 85

  18. mr.p9 scored this whisky 90 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      89 89
    • Taste
      89 89
    • Finish
      90 90

  19. dram-drinker scored this whisky 90 points Photo Moderator

    • Nose
      90 90
    • Taste
      91 91
    • Finish
      89 89

  20. dram-drinker scored this whisky 90 points Photo Moderator

    Very drinkable and enjoyable - I have to check once against some other heavily sherried Glenrothes distilled in 1997 like the one from Whisky-Fässle but just out of my mind this one at least as good
    • Nose
      Heavy sherry, prunes, dates, also some leather boots, little sweet & spicy - pretty OK
    • Taste
      Very oily and creamy, nice fruity sweetness, prunes and figs are back again, pretty sticky, the sherry wood stays more in the background than expected - not bad
    • Finish
      Medium long, warm and rather sweet than bitter

  21. mr.p9 scored this whisky 90 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      90 90
    • Taste
      89 89
    • Finish
      90 90

  22. Bram84 scored this whisky 88 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      88 88
    • Taste
      88 88
    • Finish
      88 88

  23. ZwiJo scored this whisky 88 points Connoisseur

    • Nose
      87 87
    • Taste
      88 88
    • Finish
      89 89

  24. Lucky28 scored this whisky 90 points Member Senior

    What aan sherry bombardement! Good value for it's price! 
    • Nose
      89 89
    • Taste
      91 91
    • Finish
      89 89

  25. Daan Tje scored this whisky 90 points Connoisseur

    Tasted at Whiskybase Gathering 
    • Nose
      90 90
    • Taste
      90 90
    • Finish
      90 90

  26. gerardsmike scored this whisky 91 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      90 90
    • Taste
      91 91
    • Finish
      92 92

  27. KayMeertens scored this whisky 89 points Connoisseur

    A bit rounder and fuller than the recent Whiskybroker bottling (cask 7157).
    • Nose
      Dark chocolate, blackberry, dark cherry and marzipan.
    • Taste
      Mocha, blackberry, dark cherry, prune and pepper.
    • Finish
      Mocha, blueberry and cherry.

  28. P.A.O.K.you_are scored this whisky 87 points Connoisseur

    • Nose
      89 89
    • Taste
      86 86
    • Finish
      87 87

  29. mer1973 scored this whisky 90 points Connoisseur

    • Nose
      89 89
    • Taste
      91 91
    • Finish
      90 90

  30. Bishlouk scored this whisky 91 points Connoisseur

    A very good Sherry Monster, not too dry, very greedy, balanced. It reminds me of the good Glendronach in Oloroso. The lovers of the genre will love. The nose is simply extraordinary.
    • Nose
      Big "Sherry Monster". Burnt caramel, mocha, black plum, Christmas spices. Powerful, greedy, intoxicating. Typical, but input that sends good.
    • Taste
      Sweet and accessible. Caramelized wood, Christmas spices, tobacco, black fruits, orangetta. Spices tingle the tongue. A beautiful greedy woody and sweet.
    • Finish
      Average. Dry wood, a touch of balsamic, dark chocolate. A cool green wood in the back of the mouth, and black peel around the tongue.

  31. Falnor scored this whisky 87 points Connoisseur

    • Nose
      84 84
    • Taste
      87 87
    • Finish
      86 86

  32. Falnor scored this whisky 87 points Connoisseur

    I don't
    understand the word balance with this one. It screams sherry and it's brutal sherry. It doens't matter if it's from Glenrothes or not, because it's all
    about the cask. Is this a bad thing? If you like a soft and gentle dram, yes.
    If you like extreme and very powerful whisky with lot's of sherry, buy!
    • Nose
      The colour
      is very promising and there's no way around it. This is sherry! Chocolate
      bonbons with cherries, pure cacao, very sweet and dark. Ripe plums and orange
      peels. Leather and a hint of walnut makes it dry. Later on more and more roasted almonds.
    • Taste
      That's
      quite a mouth full of sherry. Still very much dark chocolate, figs and pudding.
      Some chilli chocolate with sea salt that gives a bite. A good bit of oak and a
      sour side to it. Balsamic vinegar. Grapefruit, lemon and bitter espresso with cacao powder on top.
      Not as warm and soft as other sherryboms. Cigar leaves, tobacco boxes and hazelnuts.
    • Finish
      It's a
      little one dimensional on intense sherry notes. Dry nuts and chocola... well
      you get the picture.

  33. Opeth83 scored this whisky 86 points Expert Senior

    Yeah well, a sherried Glenrothes again, I am not a big fan of this profile. Let's say it is not bad whisky, but a little boring. It is a sh*t load of sherry and all very well balanced no eggy sulphur etc, just not very challenging, would not buy a whole bottle of this stuff, but always nice to try and what a colour :). 
    • Nose
      85 85
    • Taste
      85 85
    • Finish
      85 85

  34. Joco1974 scored this whisky 92 points Expert Junior

    Superb sherry monster..for me no additional drops of water needdd..oranges& chocolate..need to say more?

    My first Claxton's and what a pleasent surprise.

    For this price an amazing sherrybomb..
    • Nose
      91 91
    • Taste
      90 90
    • Finish
      93 93

  35. ovanpuyvelde scored this whisky 90 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      89 89
    • Taste
      91 91
    • Finish
      89 89

  36. squaadgras scored this whisky 89 points Connoisseur

    • Nose
      90 90
    • Taste
      91 91
    • Finish
      88 88

  37. rpvdwel scored this whisky 90 points Connoisseur

    • Nose
      89 89
    • Taste
      91 91
    • Finish
      90 90

  38. Titi94 did not rate this whisky Connoisseur

    Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt

    Nose: Molasses, raisins and a helping of cacao nibs.Palate: Thick caramel, more chocolate and a core of barley.Finish: Ferrero Rocher and a heaped spoonful of demerara sugar.

  39. Hvdree scored this whisky 90 points Connoisseur

    • Nose
      89 89
    • Taste
      91 91
    • Finish
      91 91

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