Springbank 10 Years

For this Springbank the malt is kilned for 6 hours over a peat fire and 24 hours over hot air. The whiskey is then distilled two and a half times. For this, double and triple distilled raw whiskey is mixed together.⁠

For this Springbank the malt is kilned for 6 hours over a peat fire and 24 hours over hot air. The whiskey is then distilled two and a half times. For this, double and triple distilled raw whiskey is mixed together.⁠

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19771
Springbank
Scotland, Campbeltown
Single Malt Whisky
10 Years
46%
0.7 l
Original bottling
Bourbon- und Sherryfässer
Chill filtration - Without Artifical colouring - Without
Average tasting notes Tasting notes
Calculated from 14 Tasting Notes
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Nosing
Fruit:
Sweet:
Peat Smoke:
Sweet:
Peat Smoke:
Fruit:
Spices:
Zitrus:
Seaweed:
Seaweed:
Maritime Notes:
Maritime Notes:
Zitrus:
Spices:
Nuts:
Nuts:
Vanilla:
Apple:
Vanilla:
Apple:
Sherry:
Oak:
Herbs:
Oak:
Pear:
Sherry:
Pear:
Lemon Peel:
Green Apple:
Tobacco:
Floral:
Almonds:
Nutmeg:
Herb:
Mint:
Herbs:
Caramel:
Honey:
Malt:
Chocolate:
Tobacco:
Green Apple:
Floral:
Caramel:
Nutmeg:
Honey:
Almonds:
Mint:
Herb:
Lemon Peel:
Malt:
Lemon:
Chocolate:
Lemon:
Tasting
Spices:
Spices:
Peat Smoke:
Peat Smoke:
Fruit:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Maritime Notes:
Fruit:
Maritime Notes:
Seaweed:
Seaweed:
Salt:
Zitrus:
Zitrus:
Salt:
Oak:
Oak:
Pepper:
Pepper:
Tropical Fruit:
Herb:
Orange:
Orange:
Herb:
Tropical Fruit:
Nuts:
Leather:
Grass:
Coffee:
Peach:
Malt:
Chocolate:
Herbs:
Sherry:
Berries:
Barley:
Barley:
Leather:
Herbs:
Berries:
Sherry:
Chocolate:
Nuts:
Malt:
Grass:
Almonds:
Coffee:
Peach:
Almonds:
Finish
Peat Smoke:
Peat Smoke:
Spices:
Spices:
Oak:
Oak:
Seaweed:
Maritime Notes:
Maritime Notes:
Seaweed:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Fruit:
Malt:
Malt:
Peach:
Salt:
Fruit:
Salt:
Pepper:
Herb:
Tropical Fruit:
Herb:
Peach:
Pepper:
Tropical Fruit:
Cherry:
Berries:
Sherry:
Floral:
Green Apple:
Herbs:
Chocolate:
Pear:
Ginger:
Dark Chocolate:
Pear:
Cherry:
Floral:
Herbs:
Green Apple:
Zitrus:
Berries:
Sherry:
Chocolate:
Dark Chocolate:
Ginger:
Zitrus:

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Tasting Notes 14

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02. May 2020
Nosing: Rauch Apfel Minze
Peat smoke, apple, mustiness and a hint of menthol . Smells older than it's age statement would suggest

Taste: Rauch Gerste Malz Gewürze Pfeffer
Balanced arrival, with a spike of peat which immediately falls back. This isn't a heavily peated release, I'd say it has maybe a quarter of the peat content of your average Islay malt. Barley sugar and maltiness, then the peat and spices start to build back up again over time.

Finish: Rauch Gewürze Pfeffer
Oddly, there's more peatiness in the finish than on the initial palette. Finished long with spice and black pepper.

Comment:
I remember this being good from when I last tried it. It still is. The nose is interesting, and has a distinctive mustiness. On the palate it is complex, but not overly punchy. The finish is long and satisfying. It is pretty much the textbook example of what a lightly peated malt should be. Compared to it's age statement, it comes across as much more mature than you might expect, and for the price it's basically unbeatable.

86/100
28. Dec 2021