Springbank 17 Year Old Cask Strength Single Barrel Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Description

Whiskey: Springbank 17 Year Old Cask Strength Single Barrel Single Malt Scotch

Aged for 17 years in a used sherry cask, this whisky was bottled at cask strength.

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Size: 750ML

Proof: 102.8 (51.4% ABV)

Origin: United Kingdom

Distillery: Springbank Distillery

After malting and lightly peating the barley (using locally cut peat), Springbank Distillery mills and mashes it in cast-iron mash tuns that are nearly a century old. The pure spring water used during the mashing process is sourced from Crosshill Loch, which in turn is fed by springs seeping from the northern slopes of 1100-foot tall Beinn Ghuilean. After mashing the grains, the wash is slowly fermented over the course of 70 hours — one of the longest fermentation processes in Scotland — before being distilled 2.5 times (because some of the wash is distilled twice and some is distilled three times, Springbank Whisky is said to be distilled 2.5 times). Following distillation, which occurred in April 1997, the whisky was aged for seventeen years in a single cask that was previously used to mature sherry. In September 2014, the whisky was bottled at cask strength without the use of chill filtration or artificial coloring. Only 252 bottles of this whisky were ever produced.

Springbank 17 Year Old Cask Strength Single Barrel Single Malt Scotch Whisky Tasting Notes

Nose: Aroma of red fruits, mango and citrus.

Palate: Notes of berries, plums, sherry and creamy vanilla on the palate.

Finish: Finish is soft and lush, with touches of caramel, cherries and citrus.

Distillery Information

The Springbank distillery is a family-owned single malt whisky distillery on the Kintyre Peninsula in western Scotland. It is owned by J & A Mitchell & Company, who also owns the Glengyle Distillery, the oldest independent bottler, William Cadenheads, and several blended scotch labels.