Springbank 10 Year Old Maroon Ceramic

Springbank CV

I had once tasted the Longrow CV with rather good impressions, and when I ran into this Springbank version at a whisky shop in London’s Soho, I decided to give it a try. I was told that the Longrow CV is a vatting of 6, 10 and 14 year old whiskys matured in bourbon, sherry and rum barrels (don’t know which for how long though). I suspect this...

Score 84/100

Springbank 10 Year Old

Golden honey color. Pretty sweet nose. Hand made rope and rusty nails. Hay as well. It actually starts like a cotton candy but it instantly changed to charred oak and oily. Finish really leave behind ham juice and the mouthfeel is big and sticks around for a long time

Score 89/100

Springbank 1997 2nd Batch

cask strength, non chill filtered, no caramel.Sounds good. this is the 2nd batch of springbank 1997 vintage, bottled at about 11 years old. * Nose: Harsher nose, initial sweetness but more phenol and salt, pepper, tar, savoury at the back. With water: phenol and maritime note remains now the harshness is balanced out by caramel toffee * Pallet:...

Score 86/100

Springbank 2000 12 Year Old Calvados Wood

Nose : Lovely crisp peat layer upon fresh citrus , green apples and some apple strudel (again with green apples) , spice , cinnamon and a touch of vanilla. Not something i did not expect, but the lovely waft of peat worked quite well with the apples here. Palate: Very oily mouth feel on this one, very nice. Starting on smoke. Malty and earthy...

Score 88/100