Springbank 12-year-old

Overall rating
87.33/100
votes
349
Whiskybase ID
WB125395
Category
Single Malt
Distillery
Bottler
Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie
Cask Strength
Bottled
11.12.2018
Stated Age
12 years old
Casktype
50% Bourbon, 50% Sherry
Casknumber
Batch 18
Strength
54.8 % Vol.
Size
700 ml
Bottle code
18/515
Barcode
610854547004
Added on
04 feb 2019 9:12 am by Gummikuh
UncoloredNon-chillfilteredCask Strength
Overall rating
87.33/100
votes
349

Average value

€ 280.00

Whisky reviews for Springbank 12-year-old

72 users have left 77 reviews for this whisky. Average rating is 87.33 points.

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  1. hs305 scored this whisky 89 points Connoisseur

    [March, 2019] A new batch of the 12-years cask strength is a must try, for sure...

    ...and it is another fine Traditional Scotch Springbank with an interesting and complex profile that is dangerously quaffable. Springbank truly delivers a consistent quality with its cask strength bottlings - so far just one release was sub-standard according to my taste buds. Best bang for your bucks these days...
    • Nose
      89 89
      The colour is amber and the nose offers a delicious Springbanky-profile with notes of machine oils, maritime peat and a wet leather jacket. Beside this there are the usual herbal-spicy, waxy, chalky and very shy fruity aromas - the sherry casks somewhat hide in the background but this is fine as it provides more room for the Springbank malt to enfold.
    • Taste
      90 90
      The taste is layered on both vanilla-toffee and sherry-induced flavours with some delicious (minor) peaty impressions. All nicely balanced and without any flaw. The toffee-notes grow stronger upon chewing while additional nutty-marzipan and hot-spicy flavours are released. The wooden notes are perfect to provide a backbone but they never dominate - just the way I like it.
    • Finish
      89 89
      The dram arrives warming but not much coating on the palate with a minor drying feeling (ashes) that is not distracting. The finish is medium to long and adds some fine chocolatey flavours and more spices. No distracting bitter or drying moment. Water releases more aromas in the nose and smoothes the taste - actually I like this dram both neat and somewhat reduced.

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