Springbank 1996 SMWS 27.72 Harbour-side harmonies
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Springbank |
| Bottler | The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) |
| Bottling Series | Harbour-side harmonies |
| Vintage | 1996 |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | 12년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Hogshead |
| Cask Number | 27.72 |
| Bottles Released | 292 |
| ABV | 57.3% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Campbeltown |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
밀짚빛 술을 잔에서 오래 돌려도 향은 좀처럼 열리지 않는다. 코를 넣으면 곡물과 이스트 냄새가 먼저 나오고 바닐라 크림과 미라벨 잼, 뮤즐리 같은 고소함이 뒤늦게 따라온다. 한 모금 머금으면 57.3도의 술이 달고 힘있게 퍼지지만 곡물과 캐러멜, 사과주 같은 단맛에 머무는 편이다. 삼키면 리필 호그스헤드다운 담백한 여운이 짧게 남아 캐스크보다 증류액을 보는 술임을 알려준다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
pale straw
air Nose
rather closed again at first nosing, grainier and a little more vegetal. Vanilla crème, Turkish delights, mirabelle jam… Juts like its younger brother, it needs quite some breathing, it appears. Well, quite strangely, it does not get any more complex after a good quarter of an hour, juts mashier and grainier, with some muesli, broiled cereals, caramel rice… Too bad
restaurant Palate
it seems it’s rather simple again. Sweet and powerful, very grainy and cereally, with some corn syrup, sweet cider, caramel, cheap praline… And that’s all, folks. Let’s ad a few drops of water and see whether it improves or not… Well, no, it doesn’t. Always these sweetish cereally notes, with some industrial vanilla crème (dusty, at best). Just uninteresting – thank god we know there are some great Teaniniches around. 76 points . MUSIC – Recommended listening - Hey, let's play a little game now. It's very simple: you win if you manage to stay completely immobile on your chair while listening to the great Maceo Parker doing Hats off to Harry.mp3 . Okay, you loose. Now, please buy Maceo's music! CRAZY WHISKY NEWS: OLDEST BOTTLE OF CLYNELISH EVER FETCHES MAD PRICES ON EBAY - Where will the craze stop? Last week, a bottle of 1818 Clynelish sold for £50,000.01 on eBay, setting a new world record. We could get hold of both the (happy) seller, Mr. Pippo Monihasnohoda, from Rome and the (even happier) buyer, Himako Mpulsivekolekta, from Tokyo, Japan. Pippo told us: "Ma, I found three cases ove thatte olde Clinnelishe in an old oenoteca in Sicilia last summer. It ise now closed ande the ownere disappeared but I amme very happy, I wanted to keep alle bottles butte I am not a collectore so I decided to selle one bottiglia to whiskey lovers. Maybe I shalle selle anothere one later bicoz I only collecte Macallan." Hmm, a little confusing, I must say... As for Himako, he couldn't hide his joy: "Me very very very happy! Me buying other bottles. Me love Clynelish. Me says thank you Mr Monihasnohoda!" And when we asked him whether he'd open the bottle, Himako answered: "Me already open. Very good. Very punchy, with a lot aniseed, getting cloudy with water but good. Me love it!" Himako sent us a larger picture of his new treasure, which you can admire here . Thanks, Himako! (In hommage to Nick Benwell and with our deepest apologies to our Italian and Japanese friends - we love you al