Springbank 21 Years Old (46% Global)

An official Springbank single malt, a 21 year old release and bottled at 46%. Only 3600 bottles were released. Springbank is a Campbeltown distillery founded in 1828, a byword for traditional Scotch whisky making. The whole process, malting included, is carried out by hand on the one site.

It was distilled around two and a half times from floor malted, lightly peated barley, and slowly worm tub cooled. A wine cask gave a fruity, spiced depth to the make. 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. 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. The spirit is filled to cask and matured within the distillery walls.

At 46% it is smooth and oily. A briny, oily depth with a hint of peat ride on brown sugar, banana and a tropical lift. It is rich and layered, the fruit and salt well matched. The finish is long, waxy and briny. This is a hand made Campbeltown single malt.