Springbank 1997 Private Bottling Cask Owners Blum, Rieflin, Hundertpfund, Laessle, Haecker
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Springbank |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | Cask Owners Blum, Rieflin, Hundertpfund, Laessle, Haecker |
| Vintage | 1997 |
| Bottled Year | 2010 |
| Age | 12년 |
| Cask Type | Fresh Sherry Wood |
| Cask Number | 07/168-21 |
| Bottles Released | 168 |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Campbeltown |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
백포도주처럼 창백한 빛이 잔에 담긴다. 프레시 셰리 우드를 썼다지만 색도 향도 뜻밖에 옅다. 사과와 배의 풋과일, 젖은 종이와 불린 곡물의 냄새가 먼저 오고 생양모의 기름진 기운이 그 뒤에 깔린다. 46도의 술은 입에서 배 브랜디와 무화과, 설탕에 절인 레몬 껍질을 지나 훈제한 생선의 짠맛에 닿는다. 여운은 뜻밖에 굵고 길다. 먼지 같은 건조함과 금속의 냉기가 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