Springbank 1998 Private Bottling
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Springbank |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | Private Bottling |
| Vintage | 1998 |
| Bottled Year | 2013 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | Fresh Sherry Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | 267 |
| ABV | 51.6% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Campbeltown |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
ah, we’re back to normal Springbankness despite a sherry that’s not exactly shy. Starts a little butyric, with notes of asparagus and, well, butter, then ale, grass, plums, stout… It’s rather dry I’d say, and certainly ‘wild and natural’. Goes on more on bitter oranges and leather, walnuts, a little mustard or horseradish, wax, peat… In short, rather ‘modern Springbank’, which is just great in my book. With water: more of that plus raw wool, leaven, a little brine, seaweed. Perfect
restaurant Palate
pure Springbank for Springbank freaks. I tend to like the ones that have no sherry at all a little better but this is brilliant, wild, muscular, lemony, flinty, phenolic, salty… A nice little beast, fast and furious (drop TV altogether, S.) With water: works! More lemon, minerals, smoke, riesling… A perfect ‘wine malt’ that needed little wine. I know what I’m trying to say
timer Finish
long, sharp, pleasantly narrow, leaving your palate as clean as a baby’s
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