The Springbank 1997 Vintage, Batch 1 is available now through Springbank’s online shop.
Batch 1 has been specially selected by Director of Production Frank McHardy and Distillery Manager Stuart Robertson, who have combined their many years of whisky-making experience to select the casks for the first release.
The vintage has been exclusively matured in re-charred sherry butts and marks an exciting new development in Springbank’s range of products. It is packaged in a new style of Springbank carton. 11,000 70cl bottles of Batch 1 have been bottled.
Springbanks tasting notes
Nose
The effect of the re-charred sherry casks is huge, giving the whisky a distinct burnt caramel character. The woody flavours are reminiscent of brown toast with butter, well-browned flapjack and roasted oats.
We also detected notes of everything from tawny marmalade and candle wax, through to ice cream soda and irn bru!Palate
Batch 1 is rich and dry with huge amounts of flavour. Sweet oak, peaches and honey are concentrated at the back of the palate, The mouth feel is very lively, with a tingle of salt and citrus.Finish
A well balanced finished, as sweet smokey notes mingle with sherry, oak and caramel. The finish is long, rich and warming.
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