Springbank 14-year-old (D.1979, B.1994) / 46% / 0.7l

Springbank is the most traditional, if not archaic, distillery on the map of Scotland today.

Privately owned for nearly two centuries, it produces trace amounts of whisky (an average of around 250,000 litres per year) with three different profiles. Distillation takes place exclusively from barley malted in its own malt house, and all stages of production take place under one roof. In addition, we do not hear any hackneyed marketing slogans, which is a big departure from today's standards, and the whisky there speaks for itself. The Springbank presented here, distilled in 1979 (just before the distillery temporarily closed, production resumed in 1987), spent 14 years in oak casks, and then bottled at 46% abv in 1994.

Aroma : slightly mineral, wet sand and gravel, fresh herbs, lemongrass, white pepper, apples, lemons, walnuts, paraffin, traces of engine oil and shoe polish.

Palate : waxy, grapefruits, bitter oranges, green apples, salted nuts, herbal mix, white pepper, notes of leather and tobacco, peat and oak.

Finish : long, with notes of white pepper, herbal mix, grapefruit, orange peel, salted nuts, oak tannins and a light smoke in the background.