Glenrothes introduces a reserve edition matured in sherry casks from Jerez

By Richard Siddle

Published: 16 July, 2014

The Glenrothes, the Speyside distillery, is releasing a new expression that has been matured in specified sherry casks in Jerez, southern Spain.

The Glenrothes Sherry Reserve The Glenrothes Sherry ReserveIt is the first time that Berry Bros & Rudd has used a first cask sherry to produce an expression of Glenrothes

The Glenrothes, the Speyside distillery, is releasing a new expression that has been matured in specified sherry casks in Jerez, southern Spain.

It is the first time that Berry Bros & Rudd has used an all-first-fill sherry cask to produce an edition of its Glenrothes whisky and said the production process was up to five times more expensive than if it had used a bourbon cask. But in so doing its new Glenrorthes Sherry Cask Reserve was able to find the depth of flavour it was looking for to make the investment worthwhile.

The Sherry Cask Reserve, it added, carries the resinous and dried fruit character so synonymous with sherry which would not be present through American casks. Gordon Motion, the distillery's malt master describes the whisky on its label as: "Spicy ginger, orange peel, and sherry oak."

Ronnie Cox, brands heritage director at Berry Bros for the Glenrothes added: "The texture is deliciously creamy, a hallmark of The Glenrothes, which develops into a kaleidoscopic rainbow of soft spicy and fruity flavours on the palate, balanced in perfect harmony with lingering overtones of sherry and Spanish oak."

The Glenrothes Sherry Cask Reserve will be available from Berry Bros. & Rudd and its key customers with a recommended retail price of £55 (€65 or NT$2,000) per bottle.

www.theglenrothes.com

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