Glenrothes 30 Year Old 1995/2026 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Butt #6979 Signatory Symingtons Choice (70cl, 54.6%)

A Speyside single malt whisky distilled on 5 June 1995 and matured for its full 30 years in first-fill Oloroso sherry butt number 6979. It was bottled on 2 February 2026 at 54.6% ABV in cask strength, selected personally by Andrew Symington and released by Signatory Vintage as Symington's Choice in the Cask Strength Collection. The outturn is 487 bottles and it is neither coloured nor chill filtered. Long Oloroso maturation gives ripe dried fruit, dark cherries and candied citrus peel, with chocolate and roasted nuts alongside spice and oak. The nose shows ripe sultanas, figs and orange peel, with chocolate, dark cherries, polished oak and light spice. The palate is full-bodied and powerful, with concentrated sherry notes, ripe fruit, roasted nuts and restrained spice. The finish is long, carrying raisins and figs, with fine oak spice and bittersweet cocoa at the end.