Springbank 10 Year Old 1998 Glengarry Cask Owners 399
Potato skin
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Review by @markjedi1
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- Brand: Springbank
- Type: Scotch
- Region: Campbeltown
- ABV: 58.1%
This cask, number 399, was distilled on 20 November 1998 and bottled ten years later, in April 2009, at cask strength. It is part of the Glengarry Casks Owners series. This is a refill bourbon, the only one in the series.
The nose is a beautiful mix of sweet and salt. Sweet as in vanilla, white fruit and icing sugar. Salty as in stockfish. It has a little dirty edge, which I expect with Springbank. Potato skin. That is a first! But very pleasant, albeit somewhat light. After a few moments it evolves into hay and yello fruit. Also a soft smokiness and a touch of burnt wood appears in the background. It even turns a bit exotic. Pineapple, maybe?
The attack is soft on pepper and a bit creamy. Pleasant but very alcoholic. The sweetness from the bourbon casks is joined by mildly salt aromas. The icing sugar returns. A dustiness takes hold of my taste buds. I quite like this.
The finish is fairly long, sweet with a bit of smoke until the bitter end.
It is not as complex as some of its brothers in this series, yet still one of the better ones. Goes to show.
PS. When I smell my empty glass again after ten minutes, it is pineapple all the way. Lovely!
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