Cooper's Choice Rosebank 1992, 12 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 42 by Gavin Smith and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Gavin Smith Nose Insistent pepper and some malt. Palate Some initial smoke, unexpected weightiness, quite mouht-coating and malty. Pears, mixed spice, and melon – especially when reduced. Finish Hot, salt, with oak notes lingering. Comment Perhaps 12 years in the cask is slightly too long for most Rosebanks. This does not seem a particularly well-behaved example.

Dave Broom Nose Floral. American cream soda, fizzy sherbet, lemonade. A little water concentrates the aroma well. Has delicate complexity and a dry edge. Palate Fragrant. Icing sugar, elderflower, polished wood. Light and rather fragile. Finish Sweet. Grapes dusted with icing sugar. Comment Like lace on the palate. Treat carefully.