Public sale home Whisky.Public sale just lately despatched me a pattern of this Personal Single Cask bottling from Springbank distillery. It’s a 1992 bourbon hogshead from a non-public proprietor who’s steadily promoting a sequence of bottles over the approaching auctions. Fascinating to see the public sale home is spreading the phrase by making accessible some samples. I’ve tried a comparable cask from Maltbarn earlier than, so I’m hoping this might be comparable.
Springbank 27 yo 1992 (48,4%, OB ‘Personal Single Cask’ 2020, refill bourbon hogshead #273, 186 btl.)
Nostril: Barbour jackets with lemon curd, waxed papers and ink. Very oily and mineral, with some natural liqueur and tart apple beneath. Then moist rocks, clay, copper cash and hints of moist sheep. Oysters and delicate medicinal notes. There’s lots occurring, all completely inside the anticipated enjoying subject.
Mouth: lemony smoke, with grapefruit, briny notes and a few tingling ardour fruit. Then some greener orchard fruit, waxes, olive oil and resinous notes. Hints of inexperienced tea, mint, limestone and lemon rind. To be trustworthy I anticipated some further punch, however once more a traditional profile.
End: medium size, with very gentle peaches, together with brine, a little bit heather and pebblestones.
One of many extra traditional early 90s Springbanks. General a very nice steadiness between austerity and sexiness. In the event you can rating it at an attention-grabbing value, you then gained’t be upset. Listed within the present public sale, and also you’ll additionally discover it in future auctions.
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