Springbank 15 Years Old 1995 Cask #96 (A.D. Rattray)

A Springbank single malt, selected and bottled by A.D. Rattray matured to 15 year old from 1995, drawn from cask 96 and bottled at 49.9%. Only 220 bottles were released. Springbank has distilled in Campbeltown since 1828, Campbeltown's most revered surviving distillery. Hedley Wright's family has kept the distillery independent for the best part of two centuries.

It was given the part triple distillation unique to Springbank, and condensed in traditional worm tubs. Maturation in a sherry cask laid dried fruit over the maritime malt. Mid age brings a fuller fruit and a deeper coastal complexity. Everything is done on site, the spirit going from still to cask to bottle in Campbeltown. Kintyre's damp, mild climate suits a long and gentle maturation. The old town of Campbeltown once rivalled Speyside as Scotland's whisky heart. Quality and tradition, not volume, have always been the watchwords here.

Undiluted at 49.9%, it is intense. An oily, maritime character with light peat are layered with dried fruit, fig and walnut. Beneath it run oily fruit, salt and a coastal depth. It finishes deep, complex and maritime. This is the flagship malt of old Campbeltown.