Rosebank 21 Years Old SMS The Roses Edition 3 (Speciality Drinks Ltd)

Bottled by Speciality Drinks Ltd, this Rosebank, a 21 year old and bottled at 52.5%. The outturn was 695 bottles. Rosebank was first established in 1840 in Camelon near Falkirk, in the Lowlands and closed in 1993. A rebuilt Rosebank opened in 2023, while bottles like this remain from the old.

Triple distilled through three pot stills and condensed in wooden worm tubs, the make took the Rosebank style. A refill American oak cask held it, keeping the Lowland character to the fore. By this age the grassy spirit rounds into honey, citrus and marzipan. A long, gentle maturation suits the refined, ester led Rosebank character. The first new make ran on the 5th of June 2023, almost thirty years to the day after closure. Water came from the Carron Valley, feeding a light, ester rich Lowland spirit. The 108 foot chimney remained a Falkirk landmark through the long silent decades.

At 52.5%, undiluted, it is deep and floral. The refill oak lending honey and vanilla runs under citrus and a grassy freshness. It is refined and deep, the florals woven in. A long, honeyed finish carries a grassy note. This is a vanishing dram from Scotland's most mourned Lowland distillery.