Springbank 1993 (Bottled 2018) Private Bottling Cask # 341 / 57.7%/ 0.7l

Springbank, the fourteenth distillery officially registered in Campbeltown, is located in the centre of a town that was once known as the ‘Capital of Scotch Whisky’ a hundred years ago.

The glory days are long gone and Campbeltown now boasts just three distilleries (Springbank, Glengyle and Glen Scotia) producing less than a million litres of spirit a year. The first two are owned by J. & A. Mitchell & Co. and pride themselves on the fact that all their whisky is made under one roof. This limited edition, part of the Private Bottling series, is a real eye-catcher in any collection. Distilled in 1993, it spent around a quarter of a century in a fresh sherry cask (no. 341) and was bottled at 57.7% abv without chill filtration in 2018 in an edition of 341 bottles.

Nose : intense notes of sherry, dark chocolate, mocha, dried apricots, figs and dates, raisins, honey, marzipan, cinnamon, cloves, eucalyptus drops and oak.

Palate: rich, strong sherry notes, raspberries, black cherries, apricots, nectarines, blackberries, dark chocolate, toffee, hazelnuts, nutmeg, cinnamon, white pepper, notes of tobacco and leather.

Finish: long, with notes of sherry, honey, dark chocolate, ripe berries, nutmeg, a touch of tobacco and leather.