Springbank 25 Years Old Frank McHardy 40 Years in Distilling 46% 1974

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Distillery Springbank
Bottler OB
Serie Frank McHardy 40 years in Distilling
Bottled for Frank McHardy 40 years in Distilling
Distilled date 1974
Bottling date Not Specified
Country Scotland
Region Campbeltown
Age 25
Cask Type Oak Cask
Cask Number X
Alcohol percentage 46
Volume 0,70
Condition In Original Wooden Case
Label Perfect
Stock 0

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Serge Valentin (89)

Colour: deep gold. Nose: Rather syrupy with ripe melon and salted almond notes. Some golden syrup, caramelised brown sugar, lanolin, bandages, ointment and a profile that generally moves more towards soft coastal characteristics and medicine. In time a leathery and more mushroomy side emerges; notes of mineral oil, butter biscuit, herbal flatbread and olive oil. I like it but there’s a sort of ‘opaqueness’ about it - which is something I’ve found in other 74 Springbanks. Mouth: lots of cooked grains in olive oil, some peppered mackerel, white flowers, beach pebbles, soot, light ointment and a slight vegetal side that suggest artichokes and white asparagus. In time there’s these slightly more acidic notes and hints of sack cloth, aspirin and lime juice. Finish: Long and on burnt seaweed, black olives, medicine, a little dry oatmeal and salted butter. Comments: This has been a little bit of a divisive bottling over the years and I can see why. In parts it is quite extreme but at the same time the ‘Springbankness’ of it is often rather elusive. Still, I think it’s good whisky, just a tad unlikely.


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