Springbank 15 & 18 Year Olds!
New Arrivals
 Springbank / 15 Year Old Single Malt. £62.50 Country: Scotland Region: Campbeltown Age: Strength: 46.0%. Summary: COUNTRY/REGION: Scotland/Campbeltown. CATEGORY: Single Malt. DISTILLERY: Springbank. BOTTLER: Distillery Bottling. BOTTLED: STATED AGE: 15 years old. STRENGTH: 46.0 % Vol. Like a storm gathering off the Kintyre coast, our 15-year-old Springbank is dark and ominous, yet delicious. Best enjoyed after dinner or with your favourite cigar, this is a true classic. NOSE: Demerara sugar, dark chocolate, Christmas cake, almonds, toffee, oak. PALATE: Creamy, raisins, dark chocolate, figs, marzipan, brazil nuts and vanilla. FINISH: Oak and sherry notes sustain and mingle with hints of leather. |
 Springbank / 18 Year Old. £105.00 Country: Scotland Region: Campbeltown Age: Strength: 46%. Summary: COUNTRY/REGION: Scotland/Campbeltown. CATEGORY: Single Malt. DISTILLERY: Springbank. BOTTLER: Distillery Bottling. STATED AGE: 18 years old. CASK: 88% Bourbon and 12% Port. STRENGTH: 46% Vol. NOSE: Lemon, zesty, confectionery, soft ripe peaches. Hints of dunnage/earthy notes with honeycomb and sea salt. PALATE: Initially nougat, pecan pie, pine nuts and digestive biscuits. Becomes sweeter with notes of tropical fruit and wine gums. FINISH: The legendary Springbank style with a coastal tang, a hint of peat and earthy notes. |
 Kilkerran / Heavily Peated Batch 3. £42.50 Country: Scotland Region: Campbeltown Age: Strength: 59.7%. Summary: COUNTRY/REGION: Scotland/Campbeltown. CATEGORY: Single Malt. DISTILLERY: Glengyle. BOTTLER: Distillery Bottling. BOTTLING SERIE: Peat in Progress – Batch 3. CASK TYPE: 80% Ex-Bourbon & 20% Ex-Sherry. BOTTLED: 2020 NUMBER OF BOTTLES: ABV: 59.7% Vol. NOSE: Opens up to reveal citrus notes, vanilla cheesecake, rhubarb and custard sweets with delicate peat smoke. PALATE: Freshly baked Bramley apple pie and sweet salted caramel. The peat is prolific yet well integrated. A fresh coastal influence evokes memories of a blustery, busy, sea sprayed harbour. FINISH: Long and creamy. Notes of toasted oak and pencil shavings give way to a lasting sweet, fruity peat smoke. |
 Kilkerran / 12 Year Old Single Malt. £37.50 Country: Scotland Region: Campbeltown Age: Strength: %. Summary: COUNTRY/REGION: Scotland/Campbeltown. CATEGORY: Single Malt. DISTILLERY: Glengyle. BOTTLER: Distillery Bottling. BOTTLING SERIE: Cask Strength. CASK TYPE: . BOTTLED: 2019 NUMBER OF BOTTLES: ABV: % Vol. |
 Hazelburn / 10 Year Old Single Malt. £42.50 Country: Scotland Region: Campbeltown Age: Strength: 46%. Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Campbeltown. CATEGORY: Single Malt. DISTILLERY: Springbank. BOTTLER: Distillery Bottling. BOTTLED: 09.03.2018 STATED AGE: 10 Years Old. ABV: 46% Vol. NOSE: Stewed pears and baked apples are followed by honeycomb and fudge notes. PALATE: A lovely and rich whisky with vanilla and honey flavours, liquorice follows with a refreshing zestiness. FINISH: A refined milk chocolate cream finish that is oily and chewy. |
 Longrow / 18 Year Old. £97.50 Country: Scotland Region: Campbeltown Age: Strength: 46%. Summary: COUNTRY/REGION: Scotland/Campbeltown. CATEGORY: Single Malt. DISTILLERY: Springbank. BOTTLER: Distillery Bottling. BOTTLING SERIE: Campbeltown Single Malt Scotch Whisky. BOTTLED: ABV: 46% Vol. Dark and slightly mysterious, the 18-year-old Longrow has a complex nose that unearths a peaty aroma reminiscent of dunnage warehouses. NOSE: A complex nose: Sweet fruits, citrus, peaches and orange zest at first before a gentle earthy peaty aroma reveals itself. PALATE: Rich and very, very tasty. Well balanced. Dark chocolate, creamy coffee and gingerbread to the fore, followed by rhubarb and vanilla custard. FINISH: Long and sweet, a hint of typical Longrow peat smoke combined with more chocolate and some dried fruits. |
 Bunnahabhain / Old Malt Cask 27 Year Old. £275.00 Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 50%. Summary: COUNTRY/REGION: Scotland/Islay. CATEGORY: Single Malt. DISTILLERY: Bunnahabhain. BOTTLER: Hunter Laing. BOTTLING SERIE: Old Malt Cask. DISTILLED: November 1991 BOTTLED: October 2019 AGE: 27 Year Old. CASK TYPE: Refill Hogshead. CASK NUMBER: 17325 NUMBER OF BOTTLES: 209 ABV: 50% Vol. NOSE: ah the layering – Textbook stuff from the days before they started peating … which means that every nuance is there and unmolested by smoke. The citrus in particular shines, a kind of lime-blossom honey sweetness weighted by glorious butterscotch and vanilla mix. Occasionally head towards a slight bourbony note too … ; the pace, weight and complexity is borderline perfection. TASTE: brilliant mouthfeel: so silky and soft with the gristy sugars from the malt still at the vanguard. Buttery and rich, but the gently oak doesn’t allow for too much OTT floweriness. FINISH: the slow-motion movement towards spicy complexity is almost mesmerising … BALANCE: old school Bunna at its oldest! Love it! A truly exceptional cask that demands half and hour just to get to know. TASTING NOTES: Jim Murray's 2021 Whisky Bible. |
 Altt A'Bhainne / Old Malt Cask 27 Year Old. £170.00 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 50%. Summary: COUNTRY/REGION: Scotland/Speyside. CATEGORY: Single Malt. DISTILLERY: Allt A’Bhainne. BOTTLER: Hunter Laing. BOTTLING SERIE: Old Malt Cask. DISTILLED: May 1992 BOTTLED: October 2019 AGE: 27 Year Old. CASK TYPE: Refill Hogshead. CASK NUMBER: 16942 NUMBER OF BOTTLES: 256 ABV: 50% Vol. NOSE: gorgeous moist marzipan with acacia honey and barley juice; TASTE: the kind of delivery that makes you wonder why a distillery is not more widely appreciated: classic Speyside flightiness but with a remarkable degree of intensity to the slightly grisy barley; the spices make an announcement at the midpoint …; FINISH: and decide they are there to stay. Brilliant layering to the vanilla-led tannin, weaving pretty patterns with the concentrated Malteser candy; the oils cling on gamely ensuing fabulously long finish; BALANCE: class in a glass. TASTING NOTES: Jim Murray's 2021 Whisky Bible. |
 Macallan / 25 Year Old. £1,550.00 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 43%. Summary: COUNTRY/REGION: Scotland/Speyside. CATEGORY: Single Malt. DISTILLERY: Macallan. BOTTLER: Distillery Bottling. BOTTLING SERIE: Sherry Oak Range. DISTILLED: BOTTLED: 2019 STATED AGE: 25 years old. CASK TYPE: Oloroso sherry oak casks from Jerez, Spain. STRENGTH: 43% Vol. The Macallan Sherry Oak 25 years old forms part of our Sherry Oak range which features a series of single malt whiskies matured exclusively in hand-picked sherry seasoned oak casks from Jerez for richness and complexity. This special single malt delivers an intensely rich and full flavour character, citrus, dried fruits and wood smoke. |
 Miltonduff / 29 Year Old First Edition. £175.00 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 57.2%. Summary: COUNTRY/REGION: Scotland/Speyside. CATEGORY: Single Malt. DISTILLERY: Miltonduff. BOTTLER: Hunter Laing. BOTTLING SERIE: First Editions. DISTILLED: 1990 BOTTLED: October 2019 AGE: 29 Year Old. CASK TYPE: Refill Hogshead. CASK NUMBER: 16248 NUMBER OF BOTTLES: 287 ABV: 57.2% Vol. NOSE: ridiculously seductive: the involvement of the tannin is precise, measured and delightful; TASTE: one of the most viscous mouth-feels I have ever encountered: actually needed to check the bottle to ensure this wasn’t a liqueur …! The initial heather honey sweetness on delivery adds to the effect. But soon those tannions so clearly defined on the nose are making their presence felt from about the fourth flavorwave onwards; FINISH: a teasing spices as the oak plays out its wonderfully orchestrated tune; BALANCE: a belting malt which will appeal especially to those with a very sweet tooth. But isn’t all one way traffic and some outstanding oak ensure balance. TASTING NOTES: Jim Murray's 2021 Whisky Bible. |
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