46,3°
Distillery : Springbank - Campbeltown
Refill Hogshead
Independent Bottling
By Douglas Laing & Co.
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2024
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Peated around 12 ppm
The Black Series represents the pinnacle of what Douglas Laing has to offer, exceptional single casks of great age. Here we have a Springbank aged for 31 years and 8 months in a Bourbon Refill Hogshead, resulting in just 176 bottles that are the stuff of dreams for every whisky enthusiast.
Let's Taste It :
Buttered farmhouse bread, with semi-salted butter, sweet cereals with a few sultanas, ashy vanilla with a pinch of icing sugar, delicately salted shortbread biscuits, melting caramel, nougatine, a hint of mineral peat, almost chiselled, coconut, banana. Dry hay. On the palate, candied lemon, creamy custard, pulpy white fruit, with a slight suavity. Maple syrup, pine needles, very light spices. Nutmeg wrapped in a gentle smoke. Very long, deep, wide finish, with waves of sea foam and kelp, and mineral, quartz and slate, cereal, wheat germ and oats, and farmhouse notes. Warm sand, a zest of clementine. Hazelnut.
In Short,
It's sublime. No need to say any more. We've reached a level where words are unnecessary and all we can hope for is another half-centilitre. The kind of masterpiece that makes you forget everything. Obviously the price is astronomical, so now's the time to come up with an idea that will lead you to great wealth, just so you can afford it.
Score : 92
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Patti Smith - Horses
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