Springbank 1997 DT NC² Range
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Springbank |
| Bottler | Duncan Taylor (DT) |
| Bottling Series | NC² Range |
| Vintage | 1997 |
| Bottled Year | 2009 |
| Age | 12년 |
| Cask Type | Oak Casks |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Campbeltown |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
화이트 와인처럼 창백한 빛깔이 잔 안에서 투명하게 흔들린다. 향은 사과와 배의 풋풋한 과실감에서 출발해 젖은 판지와 불린 곡물, 옅은 커피 냄새로 번지며 원모의 기름기가 그 밑을 받친다. 입에서는 배 증류주의 날카로운 단맛과 무화과, 절인 레몬 껍질이 겹치고 훈제한 생선 같은 짠 기운이 뜻밖에 끼어든다. 여운은 길고 대담하며 옅은 먼지와 금속의 결이 남아 좀처럼 잊히지 않는다.
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