Glenrothes 1997 Cl

Overall rating: 88.77/100
votes: 161

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Glenrothes
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

Average value

€ 112,50

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Whisky Reviews for Glenrothes 1997 Cl

36 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 88.77 points

theograph scored this whisky 90 points
25 Dec 2017 11:29 pm
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!
Erik Elixir scored this whisky 89 points
04 Nov 2017 4:30 pm
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.
Kodos scored this whisky 92 points
21 May 2017 12:55 am

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.
penumbra scored this whisky 83 points
19 Jan 2020 8:48 am
All the flavors are clean and pure, the layering and impact are great, and I personally like it. If you want to pick the problem, the wine is too dry, and the fruitiness is not obvious.

Nose

Shelly bomb, moist wood (approximately Donat's single barrel), dark fruit, licorice, caramel, high fruity and sweetness, smells thick, oak, black currant, meaty texture, slightly leather .

Taste

Spicy, dry wooden boards, bitter herbs, espresso coffee, black chocolate, cough syrup, slightly tannin and tobacco, after the heavier taste passed, various black fruit juices and sweetness, creamy, Fruit sugar, dried plums, figs.

Finish

Very long, hand punched Kenya, plank, Shirley.
Cheng Chee Kaan scored this whisky 86 points
23 Jun 2019 6:36 pm
Nose

88 88

Taste

85 85

Finish

84 84
Whisky.Hedonist.MY scored this whisky 85 points
23 Jun 2019 6:29 pm
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.
toklian scored this whisky 83 points
25 Sep 2018 8:05 pm

N 21 P 21 F 21 B 20
Thermidor scored this whisky 87 points
22 Mar 2018 9:56 pm
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.
ctu scored this whisky 89 points
18 Feb 2018 12:32 pm
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.
EJS scored this whisky 90 points
03 Feb 2018 11:38 pm
- Nose
  
  90 90
- Taste
  
  89 89
- Finish
  
  90 90

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