Another Single cask by Wemyss Malts from the last line of single casks release of last month. This time an IB Glenrothes , distilled in 1988 matured in a single butt. The cask was bottled in 2013 and bottled with an outturn of 730 bottles.
Aromatic Orange Tobacco 1988 – Wemyss Malts (Glenrothes) , 46.0%,£118
Nose: Starts with a classic cereal and spice. Wood and some citrus notes as in orange or tangerine marmalade (or what you can call :classic Glenrothes profile), with a hint of ginger.
Palate: Rather woody with quite some of that up front with the nice citrus notes: grapefruit and orange zest , pepper, for some reason I missed the tobacco notes, not many of those for me.
Finish: Bitter wood. Grapefruit pith. Hints of tobacco leaves. (so this is why they named it so! Aha!)
Bottom line:
It’s a nice Glenrothes for sure, certainly better than some (or most) of the same age OBs, but as for VFM i am not sure here, as almost 120 quid is quite expensive. Glenrothes fans are likely to find this a good option, if they wish to splurge.