Springbank 1996 ED The First Editions - Authors' Series
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Springbank |
| Bottler | Edition Spirits (ED) |
| Bottling Series | The First Editions - Authors' Series |
| Vintage | 1996 |
| Bottled Year | 2016 |
| Age | 20년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | 67 |
| ABV | 57.5% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | Benjamin Disraeli - Series No 9 |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Campbeltown |
Benjamin Disraeli - Series No 9
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
deep gold
air Nose
there’s more sherry, more rounded cake, chocolate, and vanilla, more barbecued bacon, and much less sulphur, whether good or bad. Roasted nuts aplenty (pecans and cashews everywhere), old balsamico, burnt fir wood, armagnac, Christmas cake, sour cherries, and even hints of old Barolo. This is spectacular. With water: mud, manure, old cigars, and very old wines. I’m sure you get the idea
restaurant Palate
yee-haa! Some action! Bitter oranges and mustard, chillies and cigars, whelks and ink, roasted walnuts and black pepper… I’ve known some very old amontillados that were a bit like this, to be honest. Unless that was rather Palo Cortados… Barbadillo if I remember well… Not too sure, since what happens in Jerez stays in Jerez… With water: a total Jerezian blast
timer Finish
long, saltier, brinier, and even more ‘walnutty’. Fantastically dry. Parsley in the aftertaste