Springbank 18-year-old
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Springbank |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | 2022 |
| Age | 18년 |
| Cask Type | 65% Bourbon, 35% Sherry |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Campbeltown |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
한때 위스키 수도로 불린 캠벨타운의 바닷가 증류소 스프링뱅크가 버번과 셰리 캐스크를 섞어 18년을 채웠다. 잔에는 맑은 황금빛이 돈다. 향은 희석한 레몬과 곡물, 옅은 연기에 광물의 뉘앙스가 겹친다. 46도의 입안에는 후추 친 사과즙과 파라핀, 말린 오렌지의 쌉쌀함이 균형 있게 흐른다. 캠벨타운 특유의 기름지고 짭짤한 질감이 중심을 잡는다. 여운은 견과와 옅은 훈연으로 길게 이어진다.
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)