Springbank 12-year-old Green Thistle
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Springbank |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | Green Thistle |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | 1999 |
| Age | 12년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | Cream Capsule |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Campbeltown |
Cream Capsule
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
셰리 캐스크에서 12년을 보낸 시간이 캠벨타운 특유의 기름진 질감 위에 또렷이 새겨진다. 잔을 가까이 하면 말린 자두와 가죽, 옅은 소금기가 차례로 올라오고, 입에서는 호두 껍질의 떫은 단맛과 그을린 보리가 묵직하게 입을 채운다. 46도의 절제된 도수가 셰리의 무게를 누르지 않아 균형이 단단하다. 1999년에 병입된 이 보틀링은 짙은 호박빛을 띠며, 여운에는 가죽과 흙내가 길게 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
white wine (much paler than the ‘white cap’)
air Nose
this one starts a little more spirity and less mature than the white cap, with much more grainy and fruity notes (apples, pears) and much less minerals or smoke. There’s also notes of wet cardboard, soaked grains, very light coffee, apple juice... But the notes of raw wool are here again. Not exactly the same class as the older version I think, even if both start to converge after a good fifteen minutes
restaurant Palate
this is very different again. Big notes of pear spirit, figs, crystallised lemon zests, smoked fish... And then more and more pear spirit. Pears and kippers? Yes, it’s very unusual whisky I think, I can’t think of any other whisky that tasted like this funny CV
timer Finish
longer than the white cap’s, very bold in fact, with these interesting notes of ‘apple juice-soaked kippers’ (sorry about this weird mental image) and a slight dustiness, plus something oddly metallic. Extremely unusual. Again, I’m wondering if they didn’t use to add some Longrow to the CV, even if not to all the batches