Springbank 1993 Private Cask Bottling
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Springbank |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | Private Cask Bottling |
| Vintage | 1993 |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | 12년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Cask |
| Cask Number | 539 |
| Bottles Released | 76 |
| ABV | 58.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Campbeltown |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
12년이라는 비교적 짧은 숙성에도 향의 밀도가 상당하다. 석회암과 갓 뜯은 고무, 석탄 가루, 파라핀의 향이 순서대로 잡히고 그 사이로 레몬의 산미가 파고든다. 셰리 캐스크를 썼지만 색은 화이트 와인처럼 옅어 원액의 성격이 우선한다. 58도의 팰럿은 기름지면서도 미네랄이 선명하고 생강의 알싸함과 요오드, 그을음이 맞물린다. 피니시는 길고 허브의 쌉쌀함과 레몬이 남아 마지막까지 서늘하다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
white wine
air Nose
aaah… I’m a chick finding its mother again. Rarely has raw, natural, virtually unoaked malt whisky been so immediately impressive. You just have to like limestone, fresh rubber, coal dust, paraffin, soot, lemon, and leatherette in your whisky. We’ll be quick, rather bizarrely, this baby reminds me of the latest Kilkerran bourbon. As if they had tried to replicate old-school Springbank… Dear Springbank, was that what you’ve tried to do? If you did, success success!
restaurant Palate
astoundingly clean, yet oily, mineral, yet lemony, almost fat, yet bright and ‘jumpy’, massive, yet fresh, sappy and resinous, always with these lovely gingery touches (ginger can be either great or a nightmare in whisky, IMHO), and a smoky sootiness combined with iodine and a few medicinal touches. Mineral camphor, does that exist? It’s an exceptional palate, everything’s perfect
timer Finish
long, magically herbal, a little bitter again (like the old solera), very mineral, and marvellously lemony. Which, naturally, adds zing and freshness to the finish. I think too many distillers don’t care much for the finishes of their whiskies, if I may