Springbank 8 Year Old Japanese Market

Springbank 28 Year Old 1975 Chieftain's for Schotse Dagen

The Scottish Days (Schotse Dagen) in Belgium are a well-known event for Flemish lovers of the nectar. In 2003, this Springbank from 1975 was bottled for this festival, by Ian MacLeod, under their Chieftain’s banner. By the way: is is my oldest Springbank to date. What a surprisingly sweet nose. Peelings from Granny Smith apples, oranges, mango and...

Score 89/100

Springbank 14 Year Old 2002 Bourbon Wood

In 2004 a 12 years old Springbank – distilled in 1991 – was launched in a so-called Wood Expressions series. For that particular release, you’ll fork over 300 to 400 EUR today. But in 2017 Springbank launched a new bourbon wood expression – albeit distilled in 2002 and thus 14 years old when bottled – which can still be found. There were 9.000...

Score 86/100

Springbank CV

Springbank distillery is located on the southern Kintyre peninsula and produces three distinct types of single malt: Springbank, Longrow and Hazelburn. Springbank is lightly smoky, Longrow is very smoky and Hazelburn is not smoky at all. The Springbank CV version was first released in 2010 and, as is the case with the Longrow CV and Hazelburn CV,...

Score 77/100

Springbank 13 Year Old for Milano Festival 2009

The Springbank I will be trying now is a single Fino Sherry Cask, bottled for the Milano whisky festival in 2009. It is a 13 Year Old, distilled in Juni 2006 and bottled in October 2009. The nose, which starts alcoholic, turns sweet on raisins, gingerbread and candid sugar. Some sour prunes and pipe tobacco, as well as some coffee. Light pepper....

Score 84/100