Description
Whisky maker James Stuart had plans to build a distillery in his hometown of Rothes, but a financial crisis in the summer of 1878 threw a spanner in the works. Glenrothes would've been nothing more than a pipedream if it wasn't for an unexpected local benefactor: the Reverend William Sharp, known for his weekly sermons against the temptations of alcohol. This 25-year-old Glenrothes was independently bottled by Italian bottler Wilson & Morgan, drawn from casks filled in 1990 and bottled in 2015 at 53.3%. It was finished in Oloroso sherry casks, offering a robust mouthfeel with notes of nuts, dried apricots, peaches, and raisins.