A fabulous 10 year old Springbank, matured in bourbon casks as well as sherry casks, adding a wonderful depth of flavour. Slightly peated, it marries a complex mixture of maritime notes as well as a fresh and fruity balance. The definition of a Campbeltown classic.
The nose offers up plenty of oak, exotic spices, guava, heather honey and soft smoke.
A full, sweet, creamy palate with hints of smoke, marzipan and cigar boxes.
A smoky finish, trailing off on sweet cider and toasty barley.
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To start with 46% not chill filtered natural colour. the bottle gets better as it gets down. Leather, wet dogs, peat, seaside, nutmeg, iodine, sherry and i think fizzy cider on the finish sometimes. But honestly all things to all men. Ace whisky from a great distillery. WORKING MANS WHISKY the real stuff.
Paid 66.99 usd for a bottle (71.99 with tax) in 2019. This is an interesting malt. Let’s start with The good: This has to be much older than 10 years, honestly it feels and tastes more like an 18 year, albeit not a very settled one. It does coat the mouth and drink like an old dram. I love that this distillery does things the old ways and that they are a small independent operation. This malt keeps on changing as you drink it and is quiet mysterious as it keeps on morphing into different flavors with every visit. It does need a good bit of water to take out the heat, and it does seem stronger than 46 percent...however it is so hard to pinpoint the flavors of this malt as it is very elusive and is hard to pin down. The not so good: this malt confuses the palate and keeps changing its form. There are so many flavors going on that they start to contradict one another....lots of mismatched fruits, sweet, sour, bitter, earth, peat smoke, lambs wool, hay, medicinal, band aids, doctors office, lemon, lime, cola, almond, salt, oak, rum, tequila, old leather, attic dust, musty stone cellar, spring flowers, ginger, chamomile tea, brown sugar, etc. while some of these flavors are so good and intriguing, it is just so hard to pin point what exactly is going on here as all of those flavors are crashing against one another. All in all it’s down to the individual bottle and the individual. If this malt can be tamed, and a balance can be struck to find its sweet spot with some help of time, air and water...I believe this is a special malt with a self identity crisis. Perhaps pairing this with a desert or after dinner might help steer the palate in a specific direction. It does keep me coming back to it so as to figure out what I will taste and smell next glass. I think maybe if this was a few years older it may have matured into one personality, or at least a few rather than so many. Great quality malt for sure, just a bit of a schizophrenic as far as flavors go.
For its price and age, this whisky is well above average. Complex, full of body and rich. I’ve not tasted whiskies with more than 16 yrs, but if age is a statement, it definitely not applies to this one. For a beginner as myself, encountering this dram was a “happy accident”.
Just amazing for double the price of a high street blended scotch. Obliterates more expensive whiskys that cost 3-5 times the price. Huge citrus peel/pith going on, antique sideboards, smoke, great tongue sting, the finish is pretty much anything you can dream up, as is the nose. Thai curry, lemongrass, bbq brisket, fresh wood shavings, mint , honey, star anise, cinammon, christmas pudding dry fruits. Not even funny how good this stuff is. Made a jerk chicken and chucked a dram over it and good god what a result. Buy now and splash it on all over.
Oh Campbelton loch I wish you were whisky, I would drink you dry! Quintessential scotch whisky, addictive, slightly smokey, warming, tasty, lifts your spirit and makes you smile. Liquid opium !
