55°
Distillery : Springbank - Campbeltown
Refill Bourbon Casks and Fresh Fino Sherry Finish
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2025
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Peated around 12 ppm
The latest addition to the Sherry Wood series, launched in 2022 and due to conclude this year, is this one, which was aged for 4 years in refill bourbon casks before undergoing a 6-year finish in fresh Fino sherry casks. 11,400 bottles are being released, which is 1,200 more than the Palo Cortado released in 2023 and 1,500 more than the Amontillado released in 2024. Is this an effort to meet demand? The final instalment in this series is due to be released this year, and it will be a Manzanilla Cask Finish. Which makes me think that several types of sherry will be missing from the series, notably Oloroso and Amoroso, or even Moscatel.
Let's Taste It :
A generous sherry, featuring redcurrants, marzipan, raspberry jelly. Brown sugar, maple syrup, melting dark chocolate. Lingering citrus notes, blood oranges, grapefruit, warm wax, heather honey, and a few herbaceous notes of reeds and bushes. A hint of iodine that lends lovely depth. A touch of smoky peat. On the palate, it is very oily, spicy, egg yolk, Reine-Claude plums, vanilla, varnished wood, lacquer, clove and cumin. A long, deep finish, waxy, macerated grapes, Aosta ham, hawthorn, dark tobacco, charcoal, black earth, caramel.
In Short,
I have to say, this one is noticeably weaker on the palate than its two predecessors. I’ve compared them. That doesn’t make it a bad product, far from it, it’s just a tiny bit less good than the others, overall it’s still a very interesting and enjoyable drink. However, given the price on the secondary market, I wouldn’t recommend buying this one, go for one of the other two if you can, and if possible, the Palo Cortado.
Score : 89
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Liminal - The Crop
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