Whiskey Review: Glenrothes 1997 Carn Mor 23 Years Old

Glenrothes 1997 Carn Mor 23 Years / 58% / $230

Tasted neat and with a little bottled water

Decked out in Carn Mor’s new premium gold/red packaging, this Glenrothes is a single cask of 550 bottles from Sherry Butt 16557. It was distilled 28/04/1997, and bottled 14/10/2020 at 23 years of age at natural cask strength.

• Color: mahogany (1.6)
• Nose: black pepper, cherry soda, pine sap, two-part epoxy, and white peach
• Taste: roast ham, butter, lots of pine, ripe plum, and sherry
• Finish: long, sweet; liquorice and jerky

This is fantastic stuff; not a whiff of rubbery or sulphur, just a heavy-hitting rich sherry monster, extremely fruity.

Rating: 92/100