Springbank 15 Years
This new Springbank expression was almost sold out shortly after it had been launched. The high percentage of sherry casks conjures up memories of the old bottlings.
This new Springbank expression was almost sold out shortly after it had been launched. The high percentage of sherry casks conjures up memories of the old bottlings.
| Details about this bottle | Edit |
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| 1658 | |
| Springbank | |
| Scotland, Campbeltown | |
| Single Malt Whisky | |
| 15 Years | |
| 46% | |
| 0.7 l | |
| Original bottling | |
| Sherry | |
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| Average tasting notes Tasting notes |
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Nosing
Sherry:
Sweet:
Peat Smoke:
Fruit:
Maritime Notes:
Vanilla:
Oak:
Caramel:
Seaweed:
Herb:
Spices:
Salt:
Medicinal Smoke:
Dark Chocolate:
Zitrus:
Apple:
Chocolate:
Herbs:
Tropical Fruit:
Dried Fruit:
Nuts:
Almonds:
Honey:
Malt:
Bonfire Smoke:
Iodine:
Grass:
Plum:
Barley:
Leather:
Cake:
Tobacco:
Wheat:
Alcohol:
Melon:
Lime:
Peach:
Pear:
Raisin:
Tasting
Peat Smoke:
Sherry:
Spices:
Sweet:
Oak:
Nuts:
Fruit:
Oil:
Zitrus:
Malt:
Vanilla:
Pepper:
Maritime Notes:
Herb:
Raisin:
Chocolate:
Caramel:
Dark Chocolate:
Lemon:
Salt:
Cherry:
Medicinal Smoke:
Honey:
Fig:
Chili:
Grapefruit:
Herbs:
Pear:
Seaweed:
Ginger:
Leather:
Barley:
Bonfire Smoke:
Apple:
Orange:
Heather:
Tropical Fruit:
Iodine:
Alcohol:
Clove:
Almonds:
Tobacco:
Hazelnut:
Dried Fruit:
Nutmeg:
Grass:
Finish
Sherry:
Spices:
Peat Smoke:
Oak:
Maritime Notes:
Sweet:
Malt:
Salt:
Herb:
Fruit:
Seaweed:
Leather:
Pepper:
Chili:
Alcohol:
Tropical Fruit:
Apple:
Coffee:
Zitrus:
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Quality rating of this bottle
4.2
Rate
138
53
Quality comparison of bottles
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All tasting notes
04. Dec 2011
15. Dec 2014
08. Dec 2015
23. Aug 2018
Nosing: Sweet brown sugar, fermented fruit, peat smoke.
Taste: Oily and viscous textured - without water this is mostly peaty and the sherry cask influence seems not as prominent in newer bottlings. Flavours of peppermint, rubber, peat smoke on arrival, and preserved/salted lemon, clove, faint oak and earthiness mid palate. With the addition of a dash of water this whisky becomes more juicy and mouth watering and subtleties shine through the peated influence - fruity and white wine flavour characteristics appear with added water.
Finish: Mid-long finish - not too intense, lingers pleasantly enough.
Comment: I bought this as I was led on to believe this was more of a sherry-styled Springbank. The sherry influence in this whisky is not all that prominent (at least in newer bottlings) and the peat smoke was a bit much for me personally. If you are not a fan of smoky whisky then this may be a bit much. Then again, if you like peated whiskies, this does transform with the addition of water and does make a nice experimental dram. I like the fact that Springbank does not colour their whisky, or use chill-filtration. Up the impact a quality sherry cask influence and limit the influence of the peat. This will make this whisky much more interesting in my opinion. - 80/100 for me.
Taste: Oily and viscous textured - without water this is mostly peaty and the sherry cask influence seems not as prominent in newer bottlings. Flavours of peppermint, rubber, peat smoke on arrival, and preserved/salted lemon, clove, faint oak and earthiness mid palate. With the addition of a dash of water this whisky becomes more juicy and mouth watering and subtleties shine through the peated influence - fruity and white wine flavour characteristics appear with added water.
Finish: Mid-long finish - not too intense, lingers pleasantly enough.
Comment: I bought this as I was led on to believe this was more of a sherry-styled Springbank. The sherry influence in this whisky is not all that prominent (at least in newer bottlings) and the peat smoke was a bit much for me personally. If you are not a fan of smoky whisky then this may be a bit much. Then again, if you like peated whiskies, this does transform with the addition of water and does make a nice experimental dram. I like the fact that Springbank does not colour their whisky, or use chill-filtration. Up the impact a quality sherry cask influence and limit the influence of the peat. This will make this whisky much more interesting in my opinion. - 80/100 for me.
02. Dec 2015
17. Sep 2016
01. Oct 2013
22. Jun 2014
22. Jun 2014
26. Jun 2014
