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Springbank 1996

Overall rating
87.79/100
votes
38
Whiskybase ID
WB14376
Category
Single Malt
Distillery
Bottler
Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie
Milano Whisky Festival 2009
Vintage
06.1996
Bottled
10.2009
Stated Age
13 years old
Casktype
Fino Sherry Cask
Casknumber
264
Number of bottles
600
Strength
57.1 % Vol.
Size
700 ml
Bottle code
09/441
Bottled for
Milano Whisky Festival 2009
Market
it Italy
Added on
07 Mar 2010 4:38 pm
UncoloredNon-chillfilteredCask StrengthSingle Cask Whisky
Springbank 1996
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Springbank 1996
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Whisky Reviews for Springbank 1996

8 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 87.79 points

  1. penumbra scored this whisky 93 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      92 92
      Freshly oiled leather, fat, fat, fermented soy products, sea salt, damp oak, toffee, orange chocolate, raisins, sour plum, black fruit, cinnamon, roasted lemongrass, ginger, tobacco.
    • Taste
      92 92
      Cane sugar, grapefruit, orange peel, cream, caramel, fat, walnuts, nuts, salt, tannins, a little fireworks.
    • Finish
      92 92
      Long, tar, smoked, sherry barrel oak.

  2. Gotan scored this whisky 92 points Member Senior

    Whisky is very complex and pleasant, once it is well oxygenated. Just opened the bottle, definitely too closed. It is best appreciated when the level drops and a couple of months have passed.
    • Nose
      93 93
      prunes, apricot, light vanilla and peaches. bitter cocoa, mon cheri
    • Taste
      92 92
      Warm and full body, rather spicy. lots of black pepper, traces of cloves. Return of the apricot, next to the plum and peaches. This, without dilution.
      Adding water, bitter cocoa is added and traces of espresso are added to the other notes.
    • Finish
      91 91
      cocoa, coffee, tea leaves, light spicy.

  3. SemperAugustus scored this whisky 94 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      88 88
    • Taste
      97 97
    • Finish
      93 93

  4. Malt Hans scored this whisky 88 points Connoisseur

    Fruity and spicy aroma, honey, vanilla, sultanas, banana, yellow apples, cinnamon, orange peel, ginger, virginia tobacco and camphor. Marzipan sweet taste, anise, ginger, pepper, vanilla, ripe grapefruit, walnuts and smoked malt. Medium long, spicy and fruity end.

  5. markjedi1 scored this whisky 84 points Connoisseur

    This one certainly is no swimmer. On the nose, adding water is ok, but
    tastewise it collapses.
    • Nose
      The nose, which starts alcoholic, turns sweet on raisins, gingerbread
      and candid sugar. Some sour prunes and pipe tobacco, as well as some coffee. Light
      pepper. It even reminds me of a dark trappist beer! You will be hard pressed to
      find the Springbank profile in this one. It is there, surely, but the sherry
      cask dominates. Adding water does make a change. There is the wet plaster
      again.
    • Taste
      It is almost creamy and a little piquant on the palate. Again the
      typical sherry influence is there, with a lot of citrus. Very peppery. The high
      ABV has something to do with that, of course. Unfortunately, it does not cope
      all too well with water. It does not change the palate, but does weaken it.
    • Finish
      The finish can be called long, with a bit of good will.

  6. Mishka scored this whisky 87 points Expert Senior

    Interesting, yet not very approachable. Extremely dry finish.

    Tasted at Milano Whisky Festival 2021.

  7. guerriero82 scored this whisky 82 points Connoisseur

    • Nose
      82 82
    • Taste
      79 79
    • Finish
      86 86

  8. Luigisim scored this whisky 86 points Connoisseur

    Extremely spicy, predominantly red pepper that tends to cover smells and flavours. Smoke comes out a bit only at finish
    • Nose
      85 85
    • Taste
      86 86
    • Finish
      86 86

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