Springbank 14-year-old Single Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Springbank |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | Single Cask |
| Vintage | 2003 |
| Bottled Year | 2017 |
| Age | 14년 |
| Cask Type | Guadeloupe Rum |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | 186 |
| ABV | 56.8% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Campbeltown |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 흔들면 옅은 금빛 술이 벽을 타고 내려온다. 코를 가져가면 풀과 분필 같은 약재 냄새가 무뚝뚝하게 먼저 나서고, 곧 해바라기 기름과 자전거 체인 같은 향이 따라 붙는다. 과들루프 럼 캐스크의 흔적은 요란하지 않게 스며 있다. 한 모금을 머금으면 56.8도의 기름진 즙이 혀를 감싸며 레몬과 소금물, 백단향과 캠퍼를 차례로 풀어놓는다. 물을 더하면 소금물에 절인 올리브가 선명해지고, 여운은 붕대와 타르로 길게 이어진다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
slightly austere at first nosing, grass, chalky medicines, hessian, sunflower oil and some encroaching mechanical notes like WD40 and bicycle chains - I suppose that must be the rum speaking. It’s not jarring or loud in any way which is good news I think. With water: easy, lean, mineral, lightly medical and feeling all quite oily and gently coastal. Keeps this slight chalky edge which retains freshness well
restaurant Palate
plenty coastal Springbank juiciness! Very oily, lemony, briny and fatty but also still with these medicinal and mechanical accents. I think in this instance the rum has reached a kind of ‘full integration’ which is great news and works very well. Some cactus, sandalwood, salted honey, brine and camphor. With water: indeed, the oiliness is more emphatic now. Superb salinity, pepperiness (almost Taliskerish) minerals, some herbal infused olive oil, and actual olives in brine too. Some salty liquorice and more sandalwood. Wonderfully fresh, vivid and coastal
timer Finish
Long and focussed on medicines, gauze, soft tarry notes and wee mechanical things like brake fluid or oily old rags