Springbank 30 Year Old Bot.1980s

(18 customer reviews)

$4,500.00

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Springbank 30 Year Old Bot.1980s

  • Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Distillery Bottling

70cl / 46%

 

Colour: dark amber. Nose: extremely sherried at first nosing, but it’s soon to gain balance and refinement. Lots of waxy notes, dried bananas, old rum, raisins… I’m sure I’d have said it’s a great old rum, had I tasted it blind. Lots of oloroso character, though. Perhaps just a little lumpy.

Mouth: beautiful, doing the ‘peacock’s tail’. Orange creme, Grand Marnier (the best old cuvées), very old tokaji wine. It’s really dominated by the sherry. A great bottle but you have to like heavily sherried malts. It’s no secret I prefer the more balanced ones, the ones that let the distillery’s character shine through. Springbank 30 Year Old Bot.1980s

The finish is a bit winey this time – and maybe there’s even some botrytis but that might well be my imagination. The finish is quite long, very balanced and elegant. A very good one!

A rather idiosyncratic distillate plus some wonderful sherry casks had really done wonders. For some reasons, following bottlings had dropped in quality (some have accused a poorer wood management and the disappearance of good sherry casks) and a few rather erratic wine finishings were also to blame in my view. Yet, a few years ago, the very engaging Frank McHardy started a much more careful wood scheme involving some clever re-racking and things started to improve again. Springbank 30 Year Old Bot.1980s

Finally. Whisky is liquid courage. Many people – mostly men – have performed acts of inspired bravery (and foolishness) whilst under the influence of ‘the water of life’. And while the cheaper blends and bourbons usually affect the more primitive parts of the brain (truncus cerebri), it seems single malts often appeal to the higher brain functions in the cerebrum. So, while the symptoms of low budget alcohol abuse often include primitive behavior like shouting

18 reviews for Springbank 30 Year Old Bot.1980s

  1. Riley (verified owner)

    Very well worth the money.

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  15. Liam (verified owner)

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  16. Charles (verified owner)

    Very well worth the money.

  17. Ryder (verified owner)

    Very fast delivery.

  18. Mateo (verified owner)

    Very well worth the money.

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