Released as a UK exclusive to celebrate Gordon & MacPhail’s 130th anniversary, this Glenrothes 16 Year Old 2009 is a single cask Connoisseurs Choice bottling matured in a first-fill sherry hogshead. Drawn at natural colour, without chill-filtration, and bottled at a hearty 55.5% ABV, it’s a rich, sherry-forward Speyside single malt with serious depth.

Key Features
- Distillery: Glenrothes (Speyside, Scotland)
- Bottler: Gordon & MacPhail
- Range: Connoisseurs Choice
- UK exclusive: 130th anniversary release
- Vintage: 2009
- Age: 16 years
- Cask: first-fill sherry hogshead
- Cask number: 19602410
- Bottled: 6 June 2025
- Outturn: 302 bottles
- ABV: 55.5%
- Colour: natural
- Filtration: non-chill filtered

Flavour Profile (What to Expect)
A classic first-fill sherry style with fruitcake richness and warming spice:
- Rich fruitcake, raisins and sugared pastry
- Stewed berries and forest fruits
- Cinnamon warmth and gentle spice
- Demerara sugar sweetness with a subtle herbal lift

Tasting Notes:
Nose: rich fruitcake, stewed raspberries, warming cinnamon, raisins, sugared pastry
Palate: stewed apples, juicy raisins, demerara sugar, hints of aniseed
Finish: long and lingering with forest fruits and gentle spice

Why We Like It / Who It’s For
A great pick for:
- Sherry cask Speyside fans who want cask strength intensity
- Collectors chasing UK-exclusive single cask releases
- Anyone who enjoys fruitcake, raisin and spice-driven single malts
- Gifting for whisky drinkers who already “have the classics”

Delivery, Authenticity & Condition
All bottles are supplied as received from the producer/importer and are carefully packed for safe delivery.

Call to Action
If you love first-fill sherry Glenrothes with full cask strength character, this 16 Year Old 2009 Connoisseurs Choice is a must—secure a bottle while the 302-bottle outturn lasts.

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Glenrothes 16 Year Old 2009 Connoisseurs Choice (Gordon & MacPhail) UK Exclusive | 55.5% ABV