Springbank 1989 12 Year Old Rum Wood

Springbank Sherry cask 1997 / Potstill Austria

Always interesting to taste Springbanks, especially cask strength and single sherry casks ones. This was bottled for Potstill Austria from cask #296 yielding 216 bottles at 57.1 % ABV. Springbank 1997 single cask #296 for Potstill Austria, 57.1 % ABV , 216 btl Nose: A very nice mixture of both sweet sherry notes, and salty briny seaweed sort of...

Score 89/100

Springbank 18 Year Old

From a sample Nose: A lightly smoky vein winds its way through the profile, along with waxy bits of dried fruit. Papaya, mango, pineapple, raisin, and little flecks of coconut. There's also a petrol and spirity quality to it. Not deep or potent, but a lot of fun here. Palate: Very similar to the nose, but the smoke is more apparent. The fruits are...

Score 88/100

Springbank 1965, 35 Year Old Duncan Taylor Cask 1943

from a purchased sample Nose: Racy wine! Lemon, honeydew, honey, vanilla, wax, fruit zest. Fruity chardonnay and a separate dose of oak, and not an oaky Chard. Grapes, apricots, and slightly spicy brandy (not a mere 'rustic house' brand, but more on the lines of Germain-Robin's Semillon). Sauvignon blanc and a single puff of smoke. Quince and...

Score 87/100

Springbank 12 Year Old Cask Strength

Few distilleries merit the term ‘traditional’ these days. Appealing to tradition has become a pervasive scheme by which large beverage conglomerates market their brands, but it glosses over a great deal of the modernised, mechanised world of today’s whisky production. The Springbank distillery, however, is the archetypal exception. Springbank...

Score 89/100