Springbank 26 Years Old /Springbank 24 Years Old Decadent Drinks 700ml x 2

Details：

Distillery: Springbank

Bottler: Decadent Drinks (DeDr)

Bottling serie: Whiskyland/Westie Sponge 3

Vintage: 1998/1999

Bottled: 2024

Stated Age: 26 Years Old/24 Years Old

Casktype: 1st Fill Ex-Sherry Butt/1st Fill Sherry Butt

Casknumber: /

Number of bottles: 550

Strength: 56.8%/54.5%

Size: 700ml

Tasting notes：

Springbank 26 Years Old：

Nose: Such an old-school feel immediately. I can’t help but be reminded of those stupidly old Speyside malts from Gordon & MacPhail, as well as this WhiskyNerds bottling. Maybe a tinge smokier, although the peat influence is supremely elegant at this age. Hints of prunes, aceto di balsamico, sandalwood and damp forest floor. Also a gentle minerality, soot, tobacco leaves and even rancio. Finally a faded meatiness.

Palate: Right… Only superlatives come to mind, honestly. Notes of hessian, mushrooms and minerals, accompanied by a tinge of leather, diesel fumes and more soot. There’s a subtle salinity too, a pinch of black pepper and then some Triple Sec (but very faint). Finally some salty fudge, tobacco leaves and earthy dunnage notes.

Finish: Long. Slivers of menthol, earthy peat and tar. Also leather and darker fruits.

Springbank 24 Years Old:

Nose: Hints of teak wood alongside burlap, tobacco leaves and Strepsils, but also orange liqueur, scuffed leather and earthy minerals. Only Springbank could’ve produced this. There are plums and dates, alongside wispy smoke and blackcurrants. Slivers of raisins, zesty lemons and limes as well. More umami as times goes one. A drop of soy sauce.

Palate: Proper syrupy, oily mouthfeel. Almost vinous. Sweet tobacco, more cherries and crème de cassis also. Just a pinch of black pepper, then a bit of menthol, damp forest floor and aceto di balsamico. And just to stay with the Italian theme, there’s prosciutto too. Just the tiniest whisper of peat, and wonderful dunnage flavours.

Finish: Long. Just slightly dry, lots of tobacco again and a tinge of charcoal.