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Springbank 12 Year Old Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml) - 16th Release

Campbeltown, SCOTLAND
$179. 00
Bottle
$2148.00 Dozen
ABV: 56.3%
This is the 16th release of Springbank’s sought-after cask strength 12 year old, matured in 70% ex-Sherry casks and 30% ex-bourbon casks. Going by last years effort, it promises the sort of whisky you can sit with all day and still not fully unravel: Saltiness, a tingle of peat, hints of sherried fruit and that super-complex, bracing Springbank spirit. A huge score from whiskyfun.com for this year's release, which, not surprisingly, is already sold out in the UK.

Other reviews... Colour: gold. Nose: Wow, kaffir lime, coconut, soot, embrocations, salted peanuts, some grizzly peat, smoky bacon, some kind of rather tropical-edged saison beer and smoked mussels. Goes on with chalk, preserved lemons, waxes, salted liquorice and anchovy paste. With water: some kind of smoky muesli. Notes of warm grist, lamp oil, sack cloth and a few green apple peelings and some good quality pear cider (perry). Mouth: immensely oily and fatty, all on diesel fumes, boiler smoke, tar liqueur, beach pebbles, kelp, rope, fishing nets, various ointments and a lick of antiseptic. Also aspirin, chalk and squid ink. With water: more coconut, toasted this time and with lots of antiseptic, light medicine, some roasted game meats, lanolin, bay leaf, lemon thyme and a little green banana. Finish: Long, medical, coastal, oily, slightly fishy in a good way, black pepper, more liquorice and a little briny note. Comments: Always an essential bottling in my view. And, after such a run of drams, I think it’s safe to say that while Springbank was always putting out totally stunning whiskies, its base distillate really improved since the early 1990s. 91 points - whiskyfun.com