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Springbank 10 Year
Single Malt — Campbeltown, Scotland
Reviewed
April 19, 2020 (edited November 23, 2020)
Can definitely taste the sherry influence with some bright, fruity tangs. There's some heavy oak, some slight earth, and only a hint of smoke. It has a tiny chocolate covered pretzels thing going on like it's region mate, Glen Scotia, but much lighter and with much less depth. There's a good malt influence but the sherry tang really washes everything out early. This is much fruitier than I hoped. There's a lot of bourbon profiles happening, especially the Four Roses cinnamon heat at the end. But then it quickly turns back to a tongue coating sherry stickiness. But it's also like a "diet" or "zero sugar" fakeness to it that lingers and lingers...like when I drank that Vitamin Water Zero accidentally that one time.
I have to admit, Glen Scotia 15 is one of my favorite go-to sippers and made me really want to try another Campbeltown offering but this is not as sophisticated and too sherried for me. This isn't bad, especially for a 10 year expression, but I really expected deeper and richer "funk" from it, given what I've heard from others. Not to keep bringing up Glen Scotia as my Campbeltown flagship, but as an Islay lover, I appreciate Glen Scotia's take on an Islay puff and sea funk balanced with the chocolate pretzels, salt, and sugar cookies that it brings and hoped for a similar take here. Springbank 10 isn't memorable for me, which is what usually occurs when too much sherry is involved, so just a decent bottle to try for only $65.
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