Springbank 1995 BA Raw Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Springbank |
| Bottler | Blackadder (BA) |
| Bottling Series | Raw Cask |
| Vintage | 1995 |
| Bottled Year | 2014 |
| Age | 10년 |
| Cask Type | Single Oak Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 58.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Campbeltown |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
oh, this is very different from what we’re used to, and probably much closer to the current young OB’s than to the older tenners. Starts very fresh, clean and fragrant. Very bold notes of pear spirit, freshly cut vegetables (Turnips? Celeriac?), cider, something rubbery (rubber bands)… It gets then rather flowery (lily of the valley, lilac) and slightly earthy and rooty (humus). Something mineral as well, whiffs of smoke, lemon juice… And maybe hints of fresh coconut milk and sake (or is just self-suggestion?) No traces of sherry in this one, but a rather long development and lots of subtlety. A ‘Riesling malt’ again?
restaurant Palate
simpler, starting maybe a tad weak but then, yes, we do have lots of fresh coconut. Rather tons of it, in fact. We have then a nice bitterness (strong tea) and notes of cough syrup, liquorice stick, celeriac again (did you already taste celeriac spirit? It’s not too bad!) Not lots of development now, the palate being certainly simpler than the nose, but the finish is rather long and, most of all, very salty. A very interesting old Springbank, in any case, even if not one of the richest. 88 points . Springbank 10 yo 1995/2005 (58.4%, Blackadder Raw Cask)
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