Springbank / 18 Year Old Single Cask Old Particular.
£195.00
Edencroft have been very fortunate to get hold of another case of the Springbank / Old Particular 18 Year Old.
It is a single cask bottling from a refill sherry butt, bottled at 48.4% alc, with no colouring or chill-filtration. Distilled in 1996 and bottled February 2015, with only 360 bottles drawn from the cask.
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 Springbank / 18 Year Old Single Cask Old Particular. £195.00 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 48.4%. 700 ml. Summary: COUNTRY/REGION: Scotland/Speyside. CATEGORY: Single Malt. DISTILLERY: Springbank. BOTTLER: Douglas Laing (DL). BOTTLING SERIE: Old Particular. VINTAGE: Oct 1996 BOTTLED: Feb 2015 STATED AGE: 18 years old. CASK TYPE: Refill Butt. CASK NUMBER: DL 10737 NUMBER OF BOTTLES: 360 STRENGTH: 48.4% Vol. SIZE: 700 ml. NOSE: Warmingly spiced with intense heathery, leathery tones, bran and macerated fruits PALATE: Malt abounds with brown sugar (Sherry still evident) and oceanic saltiness, draff and honey FINISH: Stows a big oily, barley'd style with more fruit and spices yet again with salt and sugar! |
 Rosebank / 26 Year Old SMWS 1990. £1,450.00 Country: Scotland Region: Lowland Age: Strength: 58.3%. 700 ml. Summary: COUNTRY/REGION: Scotland/Lowland. CATEGORY: Single Malt. DISTILLERY: Rosebank. BOTTLER: Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS). BOTTLING SERIE: In a perfumed garden. VINTAGE: 14/11/1990 STATED AGE: 26 years old. CASK TYPE: Refill Ex-Bourbon Barrel. CASK NUMBER: 25.70 NUMBER OF BOTTLES: 170 STRENGTH: 58.3% Vol. SIZE: 700 ml. The nose (true to the distillery name) took us to a perfumed garden on a sunny day – herbs, roses, blossoms – delicate and gentle – someone was handing out fruit jelly sweets and someone somewhere was smoking a cigar. The palate also evoked gardens – sophisticated afternoon tea-parties, with Lady Grey tea, oranges, walnuts, cinnamon toast, tropical fruits and milk chocolate on offer. With water, the nose turned more masculine again – fresh tobacco leaf, dry oak, eucalyptus, tangy citrus and Ruffle bars (dark chocolate, coconut and raspberry). On the reduced palate medicinal notes, oak and spice underpinned the pomegranate, physalis, cranberry and Torrontés wine. |
 Macallan / 27 Year Old SMWS 1990. £1,500.00 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 53.6%. 700 ml. Summary: COUNTRY/REGION: Scotland/Speyside. CATEGORY: Single Malt. DISTILLERY: Macallan. BOTTLER: Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS). BOTTLING SERIE: Meeting an old master. VINTAGE: 07/05/1990 STATED AGE: 27 years old. CASK TYPE: 1st Fill Ex-Pedro Ximénez Butt. CASK NUMBER: 24.129 NUMBER OF BOTTLES: 414 STRENGTH: 53.6% Vol. SIZE: 700 ml. The whisky cascading into the glass was like a sunset over the Sahara dessert, burning the sky with a life-enhancing deep orange radiance. First nosing revealed an old artist’s studio with old easels and the smell of thick canvas and linseed and sandalwood oil. The blinds had been pulled shut to direct a single beam of sunlight through the darkness, illuminating a still life with stark contrasts. It intensified the vibrant colours of the oranges, prunes and dried apricots that had been carefully positioned beside a dusty bottle of tawny port and a glass of sweet Tokaji wine. The palate was also dark yet sweet with chocolate covered brazil nuts, macadamia nuts, figs, prunes and old leather. Then muscovado sugar, all spice and a finish of rye whisky with dark, strong coffee. After spending 25 years in an ex-oloroso butt this was transferred to a 1st fill pedro ximenez butt for the remainder of its maturation. |
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