Springbank 1991 HB Finest Collection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Springbank |
| Bottler | Hart Brothers (HB) |
| Bottling Series | Finest Collection |
| Vintage | 1991 |
| Bottled Year | 2004 |
| Age | 12년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Campbeltown |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 기울이면 화이트와인처럼 옅은 빛이 흘러내린다. 코를 대면 사과와 배의 풋풋한 과실 향이 먼저 올라오고 젖은 종이와 불린 곡물, 옅은 커피 냄새가 그 아래 깔린다. 한 모금을 머금으면 배 브랜디 같은 화사함에 무화과와 설탕에 절인 레몬 껍질이 겹치고 훈연한 생선의 짠기가 불쑥 끼어든다. 1991년 원액을 12년만 채운 만큼 기운이 젊고 거칠다. 삼킨 뒤에는 먼지 같은 건조함과 금속성 뉘앙스가 또렷이 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