Rosebank 21 Year Old - The Roses Edition 7 - Enchantment - 2023 Release

INFORMATION

Rosebank 21 Year Old. The Roses Edition 3. Enchantment. Bottled 2023. One of 975 bottles. 70cl. 50.3%.

The 2023 release of the Roses Edition Rosebanks from Speciality Drinks: this edition, entitled Enchantment, weighs in at 50.3% and was the final bottling in a series of seven Rosebank 21-year-olds that were originally distilled in the early 1990s just before the distillery was closed. These Roses Edition Rosebanks are a mix of ex-bourbon and Madeira- finished casks that were transferred to glass demijohns around a decade ago to eke out the supply.

DISTILLERY:Rosebank

DISTILLERY STATUS:Closed

Bottle ABV:50.3%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

Bottle PRODUCED:975

BOTTLER:Speciality Drinks

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Lowland

BOTTLING DATE::2023

AGE:21

The writing was on the wall for Rosebank in 1988 when owners United Distillers preferred the less accomplished but much more tourist-friendly Glenkinchie for their new Classic Malts series. Rosebank closed in 1993, after UD balked at a £2m upgrade to the distillery’s effluent treatment facility, and soon became a cult lost distillery - the Lowland equivalent of Brora or Port Ellen. Miraculously, Diageo are now restoring both Brora and Port Ellen, while Rosebank is being rebuilt under new owners Ian MacLeod Distillers and is expected to reopen in late 2022.

Today, new bottlings of old Rosebank are dwindling, and prices have increased dramatically over the last decade. Essential official bottlings of Rosebank include the glorious 1979 and 1981 Rare Malt Editions, and the splendid Special Releases from 2007, 2011 and 2014. Indie Rosebanks from the early 1990s vintages are generally excellent and usually more affordable at auction.