Springbank 10 Years
A complex malt with oak, spices and salt. The malt is dried over peat fore for 6 hours, and over hot air for 24 hours. The whisky is a mix of double and triple-distilled whiskies.
A complex malt with oak, spices and salt. The malt is dried over peat fore for 6 hours, and over hot air for 24 hours. The whisky is a mix of double and triple-distilled whiskies.
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1656 | |
Springbank | |
Scotland, Campbeltown | |
Single Malt Whisky | |
10 Years | |
46% | |
0.7 l | |
Original bottling | |
Bourbon, Sherry | |
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Average tasting notes Tasting Notes |
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Nosing
Peat Smoke:
Sweet:
Fruit:
Malt:
Vanilla:
Maritime Notes:
Sherry:
Pear:
Salt:
Seaweed:
Spices:
Herbs:
Alcohol:
Apple:
Caramel:
Zitrus:
Honey:
Lemon:
Oak:
Barley:
Grass:
Nuts:
Bonfire Smoke:
Chocolate:
Floral:
Leather:
Oil:
Peach:
Herb:
Almonds:
Cake:
Date:
Green Apple:
Hay:
Heather:
Iodine:
Lemon Peel:
Medicinal Smoke:
Mint:
Pineapple:
Raisin:
Strawberry:
Wheat:
Tasting
Spices:
Peat Smoke:
Sweet:
Malt:
Oak:
Maritime Notes:
Fruit:
Nuts:
Salt:
Vanilla:
Pepper:
Herbs:
Sherry:
Chili:
Cinnamon:
Nutmeg:
Alcohol:
Apple:
Zitrus:
Chocolate:
Mint:
Herb:
Honey:
Lemon:
Oil:
Seaweed:
Dark Chocolate:
Floral:
Ginger:
Green Apple:
Leather:
Coffee:
Grass:
Hay:
Heather:
Lemon Peel:
Orange:
Pear:
Finish
Spices:
Peat Smoke:
Sweet:
Salt:
Maritime Notes:
Oak:
Malt:
Chili:
Nuts:
Herb:
Dark Chocolate:
Pepper:
Heather:
Oil:
Sherry:
Herbs:
Zitrus:
Alcohol:
Chocolate:
Fruit:
Vanilla:
Bonfire Smoke:
Cinnamon:
Dried Fruit:
Ginger:
Grapefruit:
Lemon:
Orange:
Walnut:
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All tasting notes
RATING: 4.3/5.0 ≙ 89 pts







Very interesting nose, just a touch of peat smoke and lemon oil, maybe a bit of pineapple. Maltiness and some marine saltiness like I would normally associate with Old Pulteney. Some light oakiness in the background.
Taste:




Initially sweet. Lemon citrus flavour, transitions into slight sourness and spiciness/pepper. Flavour intensifies over time and coats the mouth.
Finish:



Medium length with oakiness and pepper. Flavour noticably rises up the sinuses without water.
Comment:
This is the first Springbank I've tried, though I'd always heard good things. The reputation is well deserved. You get a really good experience for the money. The strength is well judged and I like it neat personally. The peating is so subtle that you get it on the nose and hardly at all in the rest of the presentation. Cracking stuff.






Taste:





Finish:






Comment: Just a very unique whisky. Great for those who are tepid about peated malts. Don't let that scare you away from this, it is not on the same level as Ardbeg or those type of whiskys.

Taste: A bit spicy, a bit salty, a bit bietter, a bit sweet, a bit smoky
Finish: Fading quickly
Comment:
It is a whisky which has everything "a bit" in it mixed together. Maybe someone can like it for it's complexity, but for me it is kind of boring and deffinitely not pleasant dram. Maybe can be better in much older version. But for now I am done with Springbank destilery alas, cause they have nice family business.





Taste:




Finish:



Comment: A great deal of sweetness on the nose. I do not detect the peat smoke referenced by other reviews. The transition from its fruit-laden nose, to an earthy taste & finish is smooth.
The quality of whisky from Springbank is not in question. This offering, however, is not a stand out from purely a sensory perspective.