55,2°
Distillery : Springbank - Campbeltown
60% Bourbon Casks, 40% Sherry Casks
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2025
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Peated around 12 ppm
This is the latest Local Barley in the series – the eleventh, to be precise – distilled in July 2015 and bottled in October 2025, with a release at the end of the following month. The farm commissioned to grow the local barley is Clochkiel Farm, situated on the Kintyre Peninsula, 5 miles from the distillery. The barley used is the Bere variety, arguably the oldest in Europe; having all but disappeared at the turn of the century, it is now being used again more and more. 8,000 bottles are being released.
Let's Taste It :
Wax, hay and melted butter spread over young, freshly stripped wood, smoke mingling with vanilla and citrus, the scent of iodine wafting through the reeds, then salt or icing sugar? A bit of both, no doubt, a zest of mandarin, unprocessed cereals and a few lychees, grape seeds, diced mango, clumps of earth, almonds. Rising bread dough, grapefruit. On the palate, it is smooth, rather citrusy, yet fruity, with juicy white and yellow fruits, pears, kumquats, bananas, grapes, and a peppery note, a pinch of peat and grains, mushrooms. A rather intense finish, very slightly acidic, lemon tart, blond tobacco, dried herbs, mustard, and a mildly bitter woodiness.
In Short,
I found this one to be particularly good, probably thanks to the barley variety, the oakiness is rustic and intense, the citrus notes are truly luscious, and the cereal notes are wonderfully rich. The finish, in particular, is magnificent. In short, as usual, this is true excellence in a bottle, enveloped in a myriad of aromas and flavours. And as usual, a few months after its release it’s completely sold out, you can now find it for at least double the original price, and even then it’s a quest worthy of the Holy Grail.
Score : 90
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Gwenifer Raymond - Bleak Night in Rabbit's Wood
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