Springbank 12 Years Old Cask Strength Batch 26 2024 Edition 56.2% 700ml

Details：

Distillery: Springbank

Bottler: Distillery Bottling

Bottling serie: Cask Strength

Vintage: /

Bottled: 2024

Stated Age: 12 Years Old

Casktype: 60% Bourbon, 35% Sherry, 5% Rum

Casknumber: Batch 26

Number of bottles: /

Strength: 56.2%

Size: 700ml

Tasting notes：

Nose: The nose opens with the classic Campbelltown character, we're finding sea spray, fondant icing, lemon zest, dunnage warehouse mustiness and a fairly prominent bonfire smokiness riding through the dram. Going back, we're finding more toffee and caramel, moving into red berries and a little Turkish delight. It's a very open nose, expressive, and the balance is there - you can tell it's cask strength whisky but it's not overpowering in the slightest.

Palate: The palate opens with quite a lot of upfront sweetness, brown sugar, toffee bon bons, moving into more of the red berries from the nose, raspberry primarily, with some artificial strawberry sauce alongside rhubarb and custard sweeties. There's a nice citric note here, coming more from tart berries rather than citrus fruit. The peat is fairly prominent on the back palate, giving coastal, salty flavours alongside almond marzipan and a light touch of minerality. The mouthfeel is good, not overly textured but there's a creaminess there, and the finish lingers for a reasonable length, ending in dark chocolate and cherry liqueur.

Finish: The reduced nose amplifies some of the more coastal aromas, alongside the sweeter sugary notes. The peat seems to be diminished somewhat, although it does feel slightly earlier, mixing into those dunnage warehouse aromas. The alcohol is still in good balance and it feels like water hasn't hindered the dram.