Malt Of The Month August 2025 - Rosebank 32 Year Old Legacy Release Three
Our Malt Of The Month is Rosebank 32 Year Old Legacy Release Three
The third and final edition in Rosebank’s first global series of legacy releases is a crescendo in the renowned distillery’s rich, fruity, and floral house style - a worthy celebration of the revival of its irrepressible spirit! This is the crescendo in the first series of releases, and composed from a carefully selected range of casks from the small quantity retained before the distillery’s closure in 1993.
Rich and complex yet elegant and balanced, this 32 Year Old offers sweet aromas of pineapple and candied ginger mingling with lemon and marzipan with hints of white pepper and café latte. The mouthfeel is velvety with good body and hints of malt, thyme, butterscotch, tropical fruits, drying oak and softly warming spice. A soft and long finish has notes of lemon, honeyed porridge and toasted walnut. This whisky perfectly exemplifies the qualities that earned Rosebank reverence as the ‘King of the Lowlands’.
To celebrate this special release, the distillery has collaborated with the esteemed composer, Des Oliver, and the world renowned Chineke! Orchestra in the creation of “Rosebank Reawakening”. Des visited the distillery and took inspiration for the piece from a tasting of the 32 year old, with each moment of the composition capturing a different aspect of the whisky’s flavour profile...
Tasting Notes:
- Nose: Elegant and balanced, boiled sweeties, pineapple cubes, dried apricot, gentle oak, candied ginger, lemon drizzle, marzipan, hints of white pepper and café latte.
- Palate: Velvet mouthfeel with good body, hints of malt, thyme, butterscotch, tropical fruits, drying oak and softly warming spice.
- Finish: Soft and long with lemon, honeyed porridge and toasted walnut.
- Abv: 47.6%Vol