Springbank 16-year-old

Name: Springbank 16-year-old
Brand: Springbank
SKU: 77661
Rating: 89.42 (747 reviews)

Overall rating: 89.42/100
votes: 747

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Springbank
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: Local Barley
Vintage: 09.1999
Bottled: 01.2016
Stated Age: 16 years old
Casktype: 80% Ex-Bourbon, 20% Ex-Sherry
Number of bottles: 9000
Strength: 54.3 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml 750 ml
Bottle code: 16/22
Barcode: 610854001964
Added on: 29 Jan 2016 5:42 pm by p4blo

Average value

€ 768.46

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Whisky Reviews for Springbank 16-year-old

120 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 89.42 points

schero scored this whisky 90 points
23 Mar 2017 10:25 pm
Simply strong!

Nose

Springbank character in its purest form - a slightly smokey and salty metal bucket hits you at the beginning of the face. Then comes the deep malty sweetness, paired with orange peel, grapefruit, mineral notes, and after a while, a whole fruit salad comes on top with apples, pears and tangerines carried by citrus acid

Taste

Sweet, powerful, again the orange peels and the saltiness, licorice, white pepper, malty and in the background flash light tones of oak

Finish

The metal bucket starts the finish, then comes the oak flavor, which sticks sweetly to the palate, the orange peel pulls through the overall impression, when everything else is gone, the typical Springbank saltiness remains
St. Pauli scored this whisky 91 points
10 Aug 2016 10:15 pm
A classic - yes I dare to say it. I admit that you have to like peaty and dirty whiskies, but this one is a demonstration perfection. It is very complex, dirty and fresh together, sweet and savoury together, and has a lot of power. Congrats to the Springbank crew.

Nose

Soft, wet peat, not too smoky but rather salty, damp and earthy. Clay, licorice root, fennel seeds, engine oil, dunnage warehouse, wet raw wool, vanilla, cookie dough, lemon and pineapple. If you can stand peat, this nose is perfectly dignified. Gets fruitier after a while.

Taste

It's quite oily and coating, sweet, but also savoury. None of the tastes dominate, but form a brilliant synergy. There is a lot to discover: honeyed barley, cake dough, capres, peat, lemon juice, toffeed apple and pineapple, wool, grass, and licorice.

Finish

Long, lingering, again more on peat, licorice root, cookie dough, engine oil, peach, lemon zest and a whiff of pepper.
lincolnimp scored this whisky 86 points
17 Nov 2019 4:55 pm
I don`t like the nose on this one, very grassy, not much fruit with a chemical note.
More peat than I was expecting and it mixes well with the fruit, thankfully the palate is a good one.
There is a nice spice note with the apple & pineapple with some lemon juice mixing with the peat which is of the fresh maritime time.
Decent finish with peat hanging on to the end,

Nose

80 80

Taste

90 90

Finish

87 87
wisekycourse scored this whisky 89 points
15 Jul 2019 4:09 pm
16 LB!

Nose

fin,délicat sur les fruits jaunes cuits, sur la fumée sèche,sur le sel,le citron et un peu de vanille,sensation de pierres mouillées.

Taste

sensation céréalière bien présente,la vanille après ;le citron ,puis la fumés sèche!
un peu d'embruns avec les algues mijotant au fond du port,un peu d'épices poivrées,,sensation de graisse ,un côté huileux,fruits exotiques en retour et la cendre enfin

Finish

longue ,intense ,et avec des passages entre la cendre,la fumée ,l'iode ,puis les fruits jaunes cuit et compotés.
Mannix65 scored this whisky 90 points
18 Aug 2018 12:53 am
A classic old-style jump bench - great for fans - 2-3 drops of water and proper ventilation are highly recommended

Nose

89 89

Salty seashore, light smoky, dusty, earthy - add 2 drops of water ... and it opens and becomes fruity

Taste

90 90

malty sweetness, pomelo, grapefruit, light smoke, salt, maritime and subtly algig

Finish

90 90

sweet and dry - surprisingly long
wisekycourse scored this whisky 89 points
16 Aug 2018 10:12 pm

2nd:
mineral freshness, fruit on lemon, some tangerine, vanilla, rather sweet spices, some iodine, dry peat and wet wood come back!
Sjaunja scored this whisky 90 points
06 Apr 2016 9:52 am

http://www.whiskynotes.be/2016/springbank/springbank-16-years-local-barley/

Springbank 16 yo 1999 ‘Local Barley’ (54,3%, OB 2016, 9000 btl.)

Nose: pepper, wet ropes. Sweet malty notes (sweeter than in other
Springbanks, or so it seems) with some honey, vanilla and lemon candy.
Hints of engine oil and very light peat. After some time it develops
nice mirabelle notes and lemon sherbet, which gives this a rather unique
edge.
Mouth: thick, pretty sweet with a similar vanilla, apricot and
sherbet combination. Earthy notes, hints of brine. Hints of biscuits,
some pink grapefruit and pear. Lovely fruitiness really, with a light
floral touch as well. Light heather honey.
Finish: medium long, just
slightly drier, with subtle earthy smoke, apple peel and lemon.
The current-day Springbank profile is unique and rather excellent
already. This one has all the classic notes, yet it adds in a nice
fruitiness and buttery roundness. Great balance. Around € 120. Some say
that’s too expensive, but I think it’s worth it. And remember I’ve
already seen double that amount in auctions. Thank you, Oli.
Score: 90/100
Archer scored this whisky 88 points
03 Mar 2016 1:42 pm
Considered a beautiful malt, which despite its strength is drinkable without water. Beautiful fruit notes, well-balanced spice. However, if you compare it with different batches of the 12 CS, for example, you will miss a certain something that justifies the significant price difference.

Nose

At first contact with the nose fruity-sweet. Makes a fresh impression, very pleasant. After a while comes a touch of salt, it remains very fruity with hints of banana, peach and pineapple. Some bourbon vanilla is included, honey is to be found.

Taste

When starting, the exotic fruit note continues from the nose. No "classic" Springbank start, it lacks something the hefty with the younger standards salinity. Very light peat, on the palate earthy than in the nose. Mild spices - white pepper, young thyme. Oily and heavy on the tongue.

Finish

In the medium-long finish remain until the end spices and fruit.
djmaxliving scored this whisky 86 points
24 Aug 2020 9:09 pm
This very much is a lemon-bomb whisky, decent nose /palate but the finish falls away and becomes weird and slightly off-putting.

Disappointed with the hype attached to this release, as it doesn't quite live up to expectations. Not an over complex whisky, a little average if you factor in the high ABV.

Nose

86 86

Sweet, lemon sherbet, wine gums, sandalwood, toffee, peat, smoked bacon and biscuit. Decent enough.

Taste

87 87

Lemon, candy, smoky, barley, ginger and lemon peel.

Finish

84 84

Bitter, sour, oaky and slightly unbalanced with water it helps to address this issue. Medium finish.
Simo scored this whisky 88 points
10 May 2019 10:01 pm
Nose

89 89

Taste

87 87

Finish

88 88

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