48°
Distillery : Glenrothes - Speyside
1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Butts
Independent Bottling
By Signatory Vintage
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2024
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Totally Unpeated
I'm continuing to explore the new Batch, which marks the return of the Artist Collective range, with a lot of reduced bottlings, but well done nonetheless. This one takes us into Speyside, it's a young Glenrothes, which has spent 9 years in two Butts of 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry, making a total of 1910 bottles. The label features Katrin Bremerman's work entitled N°2106.
Let's Taste It :
The Sherry is gourmand and not too overpowering. Raspberry coulis, redcurrant jam, hot wood. Velvety tomato soup. Woodwax, with hints of caramel and chocolate, toffee, freshly baked cookies, a few dried fruits, raisins, cherry, quinces. The palate is pleasant, fruity and spicy, cranberries and light spices, cloves and a melting muffin. Pastry cream. The finish is a little short, with chocolate chips and puffed rice, soft wood, a few vegetal notes, cola and chestnuts.
In Short,
This distillery goes very well with Sherry, and here it's a success, with just the right amount of fruit and woodiness, all nuanced and subtle, with a nice balance. Unfortunately, I found the finish slightly underwhelming. That said, this is a fine bottling, at a rather high price, but it will please enthusiasts all the same.
Score : 87
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Honeyglaze - Ghost
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