Springbank 1989
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Springbank |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1989 |
| Bottled Year | 2012 |
| Age | 21년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Hogshead |
| Cask Number | 509 |
| Bottles Released | 242 |
| ABV | 49.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Campbeltown |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
옅은 볏짚빛이 잔 안에서 은은하게 빛을 머금는다. 리필 호그스헤드에서 21년을 보낸 캠벨타운 몰트답게 바다 내음과 옅은 그을음이 먼저 피어오르고 그 아래로 마른 풀과 꿀의 단내가 천천히 올라온다. 스프링뱅크 특유의 기름진 질감이 코끝에서부터 예고된다. 한 모금 머금으면 짭조름한 미네랄과 후추 같은 알싸함이 입안을 감싸고 49도의 단단한 힘이 또렷이 드러난다. 여운에는 소금기 어린 단맛과 가벼운 연기가 길게 남아 캠벨타운의 거친 품격을 그려 낸다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
a rounder version of the 1998, with more vanilla and marzipan. Then whiffs of varnish and even nail polish remover. A little more mustard too, green tea, those rubber bands again, the peelings, some linseed oil and, behind all that, touches of this very peculiar sucrosity that I think Springbank had in those years and then lost, maybe not for the worst. Between Ricola and strawberry sweets, perhaps. With water: all gone, it’s now a gentle fruity Springbank, rather on apples, peaches and watermelons
restaurant Palate
oily, rather sweeter again, fruity, with this varnishy side again, and sweets, green tea, vanilla and grass. A very grassy grass, said the other guy. With water: more oak, and a bourbon/rye side. Hey, was there some rye in Springbank’s mash bill at the time?
timer Finish
quite long but a little too drying for my taste, the oak stands out. And it’s not a sweet one…