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Style: Fruity and Lightly Smoked Nose:Viscous caramel fudge rolling in with high-flying peppermint. Followed by farm-y and peaty signatures you always expect from Springbank. Yellow fruits and a hint of strawberry sparkling Rosé, delicious. Then Ice-cold spice strikes again, while the sunbeam of sweet Madeira orange is trapped inside it. Peat smoke makes an escape…
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[40.5%・Bottled in 2001・50 Years Old・Official Bottling・Limited Release of 580 Bottles] Nose: It is hard to believe how clean the nose fares for its age, crisp pears and mangoes, lightly floral with a nice brush of malt and just a hint of grilled vegetables. Palate & Finish: Succulent with dried fruits, the delivery is on the…
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[43.0%・Bottled Circa 1970s・21 Years Old・Official Bottling Imported by Maison Du Whisky・Limited Release] Nose: Old school pear sweets with a mellow grassy note. Subtle sense of malt with a brush of sea salt. Seaweed and herbs surfacing in time and opened up to minerals, red cherry and orange slices. Palate & Finish: A clean grassy delivery,…
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[49.4%・10 Years Old・Distilled in 2001・ Bottled in 2012・Official Bottling・Limited Release of 9,000 Bottles] Nose: Surprisingly ashy with a cowshed undertone, followed by smooth layers of lemon jelly and limes, soothed with icing sugar and honey. Palate & Finish: A silky delivery of green mangoes and orange flavoured jelly, a juicy affair really. Slightly rubbery and…
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[46.0%・NAS・Bottled Circa 1980s・ Official Bottling・Limited Release] Nose: Pretty much the crème de la crème of creamy Sherry, a Christmas jazz carol if you will pardon my pun. Palate & Finish: Bold and substantial mouthfeel of dark fruits, the acidity is rather prominent and seasoned with cinnamon with a sticky viscosity to the dram. A prolonged…
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[43.0%・N/A・Bottled Circa Late 1960s – Early 1970s・ Official Bottling・Limited Release] Nose: Pickled pears, light honey from the grassy spirit. Linseed and chimichurri but also some overripe bananas and peaches, and a mildly floral afterthought. Palate & Finish: A tad on the dry side with the malt doing most of the talking, with some dates and…
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[46.0%・21 Years Old・Bottled Circa 1990s・ Official Bottling・Limited Release] Nose: Aged elegance of crystallised sherry sugar, sultana and dried leather. Palate & Finish: A marvellous mouthfeel of old school Sherry-led umami, sweet raisins balanced with a perfect acidity from the figs as the dark chocolate conveys a seductive bitterness. Dried leather with more dark chocolate in…
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[46.0%・32 Years Old・Distilled in 1971・Bottled in 2004・ Official Bottling・Limited Release of 2,400 Bottles] Nose: Immaculate malt, creamed honey with all that beeswax just being extremely attractive with complementary notes of soft sandalwood, breakfast cereal and hints of ginger flowers and chalk. Palate & Finish: Lemon jam and passion fruit syrup atop this chewy cereal base,…
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[57.0%・10 Years Old・Bottled Circa Late 1970s・Official Bottling・Limited Release] Nose: Masculine and full of pineapples, honey, vanilla nougat, mango cubes and a festive tropical vibe in general. Ginger flowers and fresh grassiness give a refreshing touch amidst the sweetness as the malt fares full and hearty as expected. Palate & Finish: A magnificent burst of rewarding…
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[46.0%・30 Years Old・Lombard Bottling・ Limited Release] Nose: Feels dated but carries the surprisingly endearing notes of wood and mothballs, with soft fruits, pepper and other dried spices. The malt feels a bit green as well. Palate & Finish: The dram is really driven by soft fruits, banana jam with some other fruity enzymes followed by…
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