Springbank 21 Years Old (47.5%)

An official Springbank single malt, a 21 year old Campbeltown malt from 1995 and bottled at 47.5%. A release of 324 bottles. The Springbank distillery, in Mitchell family hands since 1828, is a byword for traditional Scotch whisky making. The distillery sits in the heart of Campbeltown, near the head of its sea loch.

The make was run two and a half times through the stills from lightly peated malt, with the spirit condensed in worm tubs. A sherry cask wrapped the oily spirit in dried fruit and a nutty depth. Beyond twenty years the malt grows waxy and deep, tropical fruit and salt over an oily base. The hands on, small scale working shapes a spirit of real individuality. The old town of Campbeltown once rivalled Speyside as Scotland's whisky heart. Quality and tradition, not volume, have always been the watchwords here. The spirit is filled to cask and matured within the distillery walls.

At a natural 47.5% it is full and oily. A briny, oily depth with a hint of peat ride on dried fruit and a walnut richness. A waxy weight and a saline tang give it real body. A long finish smoulders on salt and oil. This is Springbank's rich, oily, maritime style.