Campbeltown

A single cask bottling of Springbank single malt. It was distilled at the Campbeltown distillery in 1999, and laid to mature in a first fill sherry butt for 24 years. It has been bottled by the Decadent Drinks for their Westie Sponge series, celebrating west coast highlands and islands distilleries. Each bottle has been hand-blown, making an already special bottling more individual.   Official Tasting Notes Nose – some kind of tarred leather, smoked walnuts, aged pipe tobacco and dried dark fruits. Then the freshness and salinity hits, loads of classical Springbank character balanced by nutty, drying and earthy old sherry. In time there’s even more familiar waxiness and soft, peppery peat smoke in the background. Stunning whisky. Palate – immediately an amazing texture and mouthfeel – very waxy, full of natural tar extracts, mineral oil, sandalwood, cured meats, candied citrus peels and walnut wine. Getting even more coastal and waxy with time, adding in some smoked olive oil, salted almonds and peat that seems to subdivide into eucalyptus and herbal cough syrup. Finish – very long, getting medicinal  and umami at the same time now, on squid ink, ointments, natural tar liqueur, resinous fir wood and camphor. A gloriously fresh and coastal aftertaste.