Hazelburn 1998 Kb Single Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Springbank |
| Bottler | Kingsbury (Kb) |
| Bottling Series | Single Cask |
| Vintage | 1998 |
| Bottled Year | 2007 |
| Age | 8년 |
| Cask Type | Butt |
| Cask Number | 7038 |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Campbeltown |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 흔들면 화이트와인처럼 옅은 빛이 얇게 번진다. 코를 가져가면 묽은 레몬즙과 곡물 냄새가 먼저 오르고 은방울꽃 같은 화사함과 젖은 돌의 서늘함이 뒤따른다. 한 모금을 머금으면 후추를 뿌린 사과주스 같은 맛이 퍼지고 마른 비터 오렌지와 커피 토피가 차례로 드러난다. 1998년 헤이즐번 원액을 벗에서 8년만 재웠는데도 결이 제법 단정하다. 삼킨 뒤에는 갓 깬 아몬드의 고소함이 얇은 연기와 함께 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
white wine
air Nose
light – not weak – in style, starting on a mix of diluted lemon juice, grains and smoke. Slight hints of cologne, porridge, ginger ale… Gets then rather flowery (lily of the valley) and even a little perfumy (vetiver, lemon balm) and finally quite mineral (wet stones), with also hints of plastic. Not hugely expressive but quite clean and complex considering it’s only five years old
restaurant Palate
starts rather smoothly, on peppered apple juice, paraffin and something quite herbal (grass juice – ever tried that?) and grows then bolder and more assertive, with quite some dried bitter oranges, mastic sweets, smoked tea and coffee flavoured toffee. Quite mature, I guess the bottle did a good part of the work here. Gets more almondy with time and the finish is frankly nutty (fresh ones) and slightly smoky. It’s not grand single malt but it’s very enjoyable and quite historical, because it shows that the great old Springbanks were probably not only a matter of good cask management. 86 points . Springbank 1975 (46%, Celtic Cross, Japan)