The Glenrothes 2001 Vintage
Nose: Waitrose
tarte au citron, candied lemon and orange peel, vanilla infused poached pears, baked
apples stuffed with sultanas, warm cherry pie topped with wholemeal shortcrust
pastry, breakfast oats drizzled with honey, freshly-grated nutmeg, ground
ginger, demerera sugar, a boiled tin of condensed milk, fresh oak, physalis
plants, dried verbena leaves and half a box of struck matches.
Palate: Sainsbury’s
egg custard tart, cherry clafoutis, Longley Farm rhubarb yogurt, mixed spice,
orange and lemon zest infused honey, rich oak, Robinsons lemon barley water, ground
pimento, McVitie’s Gingernut biscuits and all the strawberry cream chocolates
from a tin of Quality Street.
Finish: A
soft, smooth, spiced, linger-ette of a finish.
Summary: It
doesn’t quite manage to deliver the same level of “va va va voom” as some of the other Glenrothes
vintages I’ve had the good fortune to sample, but all the same it’s still a very pleasant
and palatable drop of drammage.
