Springbank 2011

Name: Springbank 2011
Brand: Springbank
SKU: 131379
Rating: 87.67 (135 reviews)

Overall rating: 87.67/100
votes: 135

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Springbank
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: Open Day 2019
Vintage: 03.2011
Bottled: 03.05.2019
Stated Age: 08 years old
Casktype: Fresh Sherry Casks
Number of bottles: 1100
Strength: 56.8 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Bottle code: 19/184
Bottled for: Springbank Open Day 2019
Added on: 13 May 2019 8:44 am by birkzehn

Average value

€ 303,00

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€ 219,00

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Whisky Reviews for Springbank 2011

20 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 87.67 points

Andytka3 scored this whisky 93 points
04 Oct 2019 8:24 pm
N- Rich dark honey and berries jam, scents of youthful oak are felt in non offensive way. Thick cut of sour dough brown loaf toast, studded with dark raisin and dried maraschino for bites of sweetness. Humid scents in the dunnage, dark roasted malt ale. Drifts of marzipan with nutty peat. (94/23)

P- When the liquid and casks are good, no matter on the age. Well integration of spicy, sweet, dried fruits and peat. Expresso with spoonful of brown sugar with buddha fruit extracts. (92/23)

F- Medium long, dry and chewy with waves of sweet peat. Dried fruit galore from nose to tail. (92/23)

B/B- 95/24

Cr-4, Fr-4, Fl-1, Pt-2, Ft-1, Sp-1, Wd-4, Wn-4, Sc-2

Weighted Rate- 93pt

Nose

N- Rich dark honey and berries jam, scents of youthful oak are felt in non offensive way. Thick cut of sour dough brown loaf toast, studded with dark raisin and dried maraschino for bites of sweetness. Humid scents in the dunnage, dark roasted malt ale. Drifts of marzipan with nutty peat. (94/23)

Taste

P- When the liquid and casks are good, no matter on the age. Well integration of spicy, sweet, dried fruits and peat. Expresso with spoonful of brown sugar with buddha fruit extracts. (92/23)

Finish

F- Medium long, dry and chewy with waves of sweet peat. Dried fruit galore from nose to tail. (92/23)

B/B- 95/24

Cr-4, Fr-4, Fl-1, Pt-2, Ft-1, Sp-1, Wd-4, Wn-4, Sc-2

Weighted Rate- 93pt
Archer scored this whisky 87 points
17 Aug 2019 11:11 pm
Leaves a bit zwiegespalten. On the one hand, the sherry cask is so dominant that one does not notice as much of the distillery character as it might be desirable. On the other hand, this is a nice young sherry cask whisky that does a good deal of good and is likely to be a malt that should make a whole bottle of fun in the glass - if you should be prepared to jump on the otherwise apparent with young Springbanks, refrain from mineral notes.

Nose

87 87

Full sherry program: sweet red grapes, raisins, leather, tobacco. Sweetish at first, pepper and nutmeg come after a while. Nougat chocolate and marzipan bread. Cinnamon. The classic mineral note is only slightly noticeable in the background, the sherry barrel is already very clear about it.

Taste

87 87

Full and creamy with raisins, dried figs, strawberry jam and couverture. Slightly tingling, mineral. The sherry barrel is also dominating on the tongue, the taste is sweet and fruity with only a little spicy portions. Every now and then chili flits through, with time it gets salty on the tongue,
dry and menthol-fresh.

Finish

86 86

Medium long, dry and spicy at the back, with the sweet raisins and grapes still making their rounds.
DenisLeonov scored this whisky 86 points
25 Jun 2019 4:40 pm
Balance (21)
Catastrophically Little Springbank ... (86)

Nose

88 88

Lacquered fruits, sulfur, mineral freshness ... skin, dried fruits, somewhere far away in the subtle notes of citrus and salty raw dough (22)

Taste

82 82

Woody, spicy, leather and varnish taste (21)

Finish

88 88

Wine, plum sour, salt, wood, varnish, dried fruits, berries and tobacco (22)
Calmar scored this whisky 88 points
26 Apr 2020 5:57 pm
High-quality dry sherry whisky, not very deep and complex, rather such, light, invigorating, unobtrusive, but very pleasant and sound.

Nose

Open, dry, old solid furniture, earthy notes, dirty prunes, animal fat, deep-frying oil, wool, dried mushrooms, leavened must, burnt jam.

Taste

Saturated, dense, oak, old furniture, furniture lacquer, old leather goods, crackers, kvass, caramel, earthy notes, raisins, prunes

Finish

Soft, refreshing, cola, caramel, coffee, leather goods, furniture lacquer, puer, lemon peel, ginger, metallic acidity.
megabreit scored this whisky 89 points
13 Apr 2020 9:44 pm
Nose

90 90

Sherry, damp wood, floor wax

Taste

87 87

again clear influence of sherry, raisins, mint, cinnamon, plum compote

Finish

90 90

long and astringent, fruity
Sylvia scored this whisky 88 points
21 Feb 2020 10:53 pm
Nose

87 87

Taste

89 89

Finish

89 89
Rien scored this whisky 85 points
08 Feb 2020 9:21 pm
Nose

86 86

Taste

84 84

Finish

85 85
Cask1988 did not rate this whisky
25 Jan 2020 9:37 pm
This is very young Springbank and absolutely not my cup of tea. I can only wonder why they bottled this for such an occasion and I can only amaze me about the ridiculous prices that are already being asked for this infant whisky... this is something they should let you taste from the cask during a tour as a part of ‘how Springbank develops inside a cask’, and then a 3yo, this 8yo and a 15yo for example. To bottle over a thousand bottles of this is nothing but shameless marketing. a ‘It’s open day, people will buy it anyway’ sort of whisky. Not something one would expect from Springbank...

Nose

Sweet and sour. Very young. A lot of barley influences in a sherried coating. I’d almost think that they are preparing us this way for how the market is going to be in the next couple of years: Young, not ready and inferior whisky put on the market because money had to be earned and time was not on their side to let it become something serious and mature. the Springbank character is slowly being formed already but is far from ready yet.

Taste

On the taste it is also young, completely and still very off balance. Sharp, hot and boisterous. Again far from ready. Sulphur all over the place. Ridiculous bottling. Never had such an immature Springbank in my life.

Finish

Finish is not better unfortunately. It is rather short, which for me again is a clear sign of a Springbank not being ready at all. Most Springbanks I have had, all had (at least) a medium to long finish. A little does happen when adding a shitload of water to it. The nose will vanish, the taste will vaporize but the finish gets more creamy and is holding on longer.
alex..w..fan scored this whisky 84 points
13 Nov 2019 4:02 pm

21 21 21 21 84
toklian scored this whisky 84 points
12 Nov 2019 6:31 pm

N21 P21 F21 B21

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