Springbank 1996 SMD Whiskies of Scotland

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Springbank
Bottler	Single Malts Direct (SMD)
Bottling Series	Whiskies of Scotland
Vintage	1996
Bottled Year	2010
Age	16년
Cask Type	-
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	53.2%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Campbeltown

Flavor Profile

Oaky

Vanilla

Sweet

Honey

Fruity

Creamy

Dried Fruit

Spicy

Nutty

Smoky

Citrus

Chocolate

Maritime

Herbal

Floral

Peaty

Tasting Notes

Colour

gold

air Nose

a lot of wood influence in this one that starts on cooked butter, cream sauce and a blend of herbs such as chives and parsley. Very unusual but pretty interesting. The sourness grows bolder and comes now along some faint metallic notes as well as a little porridge, lemon juice and big notes of white wine (sauvignon, I’d say). There’s also quite some smoke (garden bonfire) in this very, very unusually dry Springbank. Grass. Little fruits, no coconuts, no honey. Really improves after a good fifteen minutes, getting more honeyed and raisiny, with also some beautiful whiffs of crushed tropical fruits (mangos, passion fruits) and marzipan. Incredible development, this two-step malt should not be rushed

restaurant Palate

excellent attack, much more focused, on honey, raisins and other dried fruits. Figs, dates, pineapples and all that jazz. The problem – well, is it really a problem? – is that it stays on these beautiful flavours and just wouldn’t develop any further. Maybe a little vanilla crème

timer Finish

long but guess what? Yet again on honey and dried fruits

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