Greatest in Present
As you could know, we right here at GreatDrams aren’t any slouches on the subject of successful awards. We all know what it takes to provide a gold-standard whisky, so please imagine me after I say that this can be a particular whisky from a particular distillery.
The San Francisco World Spirit Competitors is arguably probably the most prestigious spirits competitors on the planet. Profitable gold there’s a enormous honour, however to win ‘Greatest in Present’? Nicely, you actually can’t get higher than that.
Thought-about probably the most prestigious honour in world spirits judging, the Greatest in Present title signifies that your whisky is head and shoulders above the remaining. It’s an enormous accolade and isn’t a title that’s handed out flippantly. Earlier in 2025, Rosebank Distillery received this very title because of their 31 Yr Outdated Lowland single malt whisky.
Bottled in 2022, triple distilled in 1991, and matured for over three a long time in a number of refill sherry butts and bourbon casks pre-dating the distillery’s tragic closure in 1993, this multi-award-winning dram is mild, floral, zingy, refreshing, and showcases simply how particular Lowlands expressions may be.
It was a massively profitable evening in San Francisco for the distillery known as ‘King of the Lowlands’ as, on prime of ‘Greatest in Present’ they secured a plethora of different awards together with ‘Greatest Single Malt Scotch’ and ‘Greatest Total Scotch’.
That’s all effective and effectively, however how does a multi-award-winning triple-distilled single malt style? Nicely, let’s simply have a look, lets?
Bottled at 48.1% ABV, this naturally colored, non-chill filtered whisky is nowhere close to as darkish you’d count on for a dram of its age. It has a wonderful mild honey color to it that contrasts exceptionally effectively with the reds, golds, and whites of the label. It simply appears luxurious, like liquid gold in a bottle.
On the nostril, it’s brimming with zingy citrus fruits. Count on contemporary lime zest, sherbet lemons, and flippantly charred orange. These fruity notes are balanced fantastically with aromas of candy vanilla, sugared almonds, and candy sherry.
On the palate, you actually get these trademark candy and floral lowlands notes. There’s a definite trace of heather honey, chamomile tea, lemon balm, summer time berry compote, ripe banana bread, and buttery Scottish shortbread.
The end is nice, cloying, and reasonable in size. Lastly, that oak makes an look, albeit solely faintly. There’s tinned peaches and evaporated milk, lemon meringue pie, mint, and a suggestion of thyme-infused honey. It could make a unbelievable, albeit costly, Sizzling Toddy, this dram.
If you happen to’d prefer to personal this wonderful expression, you’d higher act quick, as there’s solely a restricted provide out there. Every bottle may be bought for the princely sum of £1,800 (as of this writing) and is introduced in a stunning bespoke luxurious case.
The nice of us over at Rosebank advocate having fun with this dram neat in effective glassware to take pleasure in its delicate elegant complexity.
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