Glenrothes 11 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail Discovery RangeSpeyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Bottled by: Gordon & MacPhail 70cl 43% An 11 year old Glenrothes bottled at 43% by Gordon & MacPhail for their superb Discovery Range of easy drinking no frills single malt whiskies. The Discovery Range is colour coded by flavour profile, with this Glenrothes 11 year old's purple packaging indicating sherry maturation. The quality of G&M's Discovery Range is so high across the board that these are now the first thing

This 1976 single cask is the second eldest expression at 39-years-old

The Rare Old series is a collection of whiskies from a bygone era with some from distilleries that have either been mothballed or completely closed

white flowers

spice and exotic wood notes

The water source comes from the River Laggan and the distillery's location right on the sea gives the whiskies produced lovely maritime flavours and it is classed as being one of the more well balanced Islay single malts

adding richness and depth

9% in 2014 with an outturn of just 386 bottles

lush green fruits and stunning aged complexities

This is from an evidently active sherry cask which has lent it a mouthwateringly dark hue and bags of dark and tropical fruit notes along with heaps of spice

Distillery Glen Elgin

Distllery Bottling 70cl / 55

'Triumphal Marriage' was bottled from a refill sherry butt by The Scotch Malt Whisky Society