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Springbank 1996 19 Year Fresh Port Single Cask #731 (K & L Wine Merchants)
Single Malt — Campbeltown, Scotland
Reviewed
November 19, 2017 (edited October 16, 2018)
I need a dedicated pipeline of this offering to my mouth. The nose is complex with apricots/oranges, leather, brine, tobacco, and mint. For the palate, I get a huge juicy plum, sea salt, more tobacco, mocha, espresso, more fruit like a raspberry compote. Flaky crust and then into a nice medium finish with more mint and chocolate chip ice cream, with smoke on the back end. Overall, a great balanced dram and it’s too bad there are only 252 bottles. A song for this dram should be a rare b-side as well. Let’s say “Acquiesce” by Oasis.
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Springbank...
Can't ever go wrong with a Springbank.
Mmm, this sounds amazing. I’d love to give this one a try. Great review, Telex. Cheers.