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Intro:
Distilled in 1996 and bottled in 2007, this Cadenheads bottling of Springbank spirit comes to us after maturation in a Cream Sherry Butt. Bottled at cask strength with no coloring or filtering, this old old look to the past should be quite interesting.
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Nose:
Creamy indeed. Sweet, perhaps sickly so, but sherry forward is the right descriptor. Honey, cream, bright berry notes and some fig.
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Taste:
Sweet on the palate, medium mouth feel. Pleasant oak meets caramel, bright apricot, fig, blackberry and some cherry. Light caramel character blends very well with the malt.
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Finish:
Long finish, growing a bit tart. Some faint ash character, complementary to the sweet sherry notes.
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Overall:
Enjoyable, but a bit much in some aspects. The nose is so sweet, and the sherry leans to a tartness at times that some drinkers (myself included) may find strange.
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Score:
6
- Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources
