Springbank 18 Years Old 2000 Cask #900 (Glenscoma)

The Unpeated

700ml / 56.3%

Single Malt

$471

Springbank, from Campbeltown, an 18 year old, from 2000 chosen by Glenscoma, at 56.3%. A cult Campbeltown malt, showing salted fruit and a coastal smoke and raisin, fig and a nutty depth. A revered Campbeltown single malt. From the family owned Springbank distillery. Complex, coastal and deep. Sea salt and oily fruit throughout.

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SKU SPB555 Categories Campbeltown, Scottish Whisky, Springbank, Whiskey Brand: Springbank

Description

A Springbank single malt, selected and bottled by Glenscoma, an 18 year old release from 2000, drawn from cask 900 and bottled at 56.3%. A release of 247 bottles. Springbank is a Campbeltown distillery run by J and A Mitchell 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 run two and a half times through the stills from lightly peated malt, and condensed in traditional worm tubs. A sherry butt held it, the wood lending raisin and walnut. Around the mid teens the malt gains depth while keeping its oily salt. Everything is done on site, the spirit going from still to cask to bottle in Campbeltown. The town and the sea run through every cask of the make. The sea loch at the foot of the town shapes the coastal character of the malt. Demand far outstrips the small output, and bottles are keenly chased.

At a natural 56.3% it is full and oily. A briny, oily depth with a hint of peat are layered with dried fruit, fig and walnut. Beneath it run oily fruit, salt and a coastal depth. A long, oily, coastal finish lingers. This is a complex, coastal Campbeltown whisky.