46°
Distillery : Springbank - Campbeltown
55% Sherry and 45% Bourbon Casks
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2020
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Peated around 12 ppm
In 2009, the first batch of Springbank 18 Year Old was released, a limited edition of 7,800 bottles. It wasn't a huge success, but the distillery persevered. From the following year onwards, one Batch a year was launched, often with an original maturation. And over the years, things just exploded. Today, you only have a few days to get hold of a new edition before it's sold out. After that, you still have the chance to buy another one on the secondary market at crazy prices. This batch, the 12th, underwent a half-sherry, half-bourbon maturation, and was produced at the end of 2020.
Let's Taste It :
A full, greedy nose of vanilla, pastry cream and biscuit. A few cereal hints, reminiscent of a stable, hay, dried straw, light smoke. Puffed wheat, oats, vegetable milk. Cows mooing in the distance. On the palate, white fruits, plum, Italia grape, mirabelle plum. Once again, creamy and suave, despite the cereals and light peat. The finish seems a bit light and fizzy, with notes of cola, cut wheat and boiled rice. Quite long, though. Dry earth and a pinch of salt.
In Short,
It's very good, but I find it a little too sweet. It's like being in a tea room next to a farm, I prefer the harshness of the 10 year old, which doesn't try to embellish things.
Score : 88
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Madrugada - Nobody Loves You Like I do
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