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Springbank

15 Year Old Whisky

Name: Springbank 15 Year Old 3cl Whisky
Brand: Springbank
SKU: 4522
Price: 86.95 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 4.5 (59 reviews)

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Single Malt Scotch Whisky46%

A 15-year-old single malt from the Springbank distillery with plenty of sherry notes and spice, dried fruits, and nuts.

Customer Rating

“Delightful. 2021 batch amazing. So complex and such a nice mix of flavours. The oily Campbeltown aspects mixed with almost Speyside Sherry notes. Awesome stuff.”

Master of Malt Customer

Description

A 15-year-old single malt from the Springbank distillery with plenty of sherry notes and spice, dried fruits, and nuts.

Style

Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Region

Country

Distillery/Brand

Age

Dimensions

W:3.5cm x H:7cm x D:3.5cm

Weight

0.08kg

Allergy information

This product does not contain any notifiable allergens.

Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt

Nose

Fragrant with a certain richness. Notes of fruit salad and a hint of caramel, pineapple, guava and passion fruit lurk. There are notes of dried leather and old ropes. A hint of toffee sweetness and some granary toast.

Palate

Quite full and rich. There are notes of creamy fruit salad and more exotic fruit notes. There is palpable mastication from the oaked tannins with a hint of spice.

Finish

Fairly long with a gentle warmth.

Customer Rating

4.5

59 reviews

5 Stars44

4 Stars7

3 Stars2

2 Stars5

1 Star1

Reviews for Springbank 15 Year Old

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Really off..

Trying to be positive about this one. But it's not great. On the nose, raisins, some soapy notes, and an acrid perfume bringing to mind vomit & flowers. Yep, vomit. I've had this bottle about 2 weeks now and left it open hoping to clear this up but it's persistent. On the palate, yeah, a little bit of vomity acidic bite along with some sweetness. Complete dud of a bottle. If you ever threw up in your mouth and thought "that wasn't so bad" this could be the whisky for you. So my advice would be to purchase it somewhere you can try before you buy. Maybe if you find a good taster the other bottle in the batch will be good...

Master of Malt Customer Sep 22, 2016

Atlanta scotch drinker

Returned from UK yesterday with a 50ml taster. Was shocked that I smelled Bowmore when I poured the glass. Thought it had been mislabeled. Tastes nothing like the Springbank 12 to me. If this one gets categorized as an Islay from Cambeltown, it gets troubling to categorize. At $100/bottle, I won't be returning to this misplaced dram.

Master of Malt Customer Jul 15, 2016

Delicious

I have to agree with a reviewer who said that on blind tasting he could have mistaken it for an Islay malt...has that delicious sootiness - Mifune (EG)

Master of Malt Customer Jul 8, 2016

Original taste - superb nose

Can't praise this dram enough. Slight soot complex finish and some sublime sweet notes. Tobacco and new leather mixed in.

Master of Malt Customer Jun 10, 2016

Revisiting the 15 with a Sample from the "Chaps"

From a neat pour the nose was initially light and floral with a honeyed sweetness, hints of oats and digestive, vanilla, and salted caramel. As it opened up more notes came forth; late harvest raisins, tropical salad, banana creme, soft buttered pretzel and candied lemon zest. The palate lacked something definitive. It was surprisingly thin yet oily, with a quick muddled taste of oak and spice shrouded in a sulphured maltiness that flashed into an extra long and minty finish. I know batches can vary, and this was honestly nothing like the last Springbank 15 I liked several years ago... the menthol on the finish was a new note that I don't normally associate with Springbank. This sample was a tad bit heavy in the [first fill?] sherried influences, and lacked the core nuttiness and peat-kissed characteristics I love. Undeniably Springbank, and always an enjoyable dram, but this was a new experience altogether.

Scott Chambers Jan 15, 2016