Springbank 1965 SMWS 27.10

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Springbank
Bottler	The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1965
Bottled Year	1987
Age	-
Cask Type	-
Cask Number	27.10
Bottles Released	-
ABV	60.9%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Campbeltown

Flavor Profile

Vanilla

Oaky

Sweet

Fruity

Honey

Spicy

Creamy

Dried Fruit

Nutty

Maritime

Chocolate

Smoky

Floral

Citrus

Herbal

Peaty

Tasting Notes

Colour

full gold

air Nose

holy featherless crow! This screams ‘old Springbank’ and this baby is much closer to most old Local Barleys than the new Local Barley (are you following?) Big whisky yet again but it’s much more on old polished wood, dried figs and dates, hazelnut liqueur and metal polish. Also whiffs of camphor and cough syrup. Perfect, even at such high strength. With water: hopelessly superb. Look, we haven’t gotten all day, have we

restaurant Palate

please call the anti-maltoporn brigade! Monstrously rich yet so elegant… I think those were the vintages that granted Springbank the ‘Grand Cru’ status in the Sunday Times. With water: insane complexity and with balance! Fruits, honeys, spices, herbs, minerals, phenolic stuff, whatever. Old magic

timer Finish

absolutely endless, which can be problematic. Don’t go to a job interview on the same day, and please also advise your fiancé(e)/husband/wife

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