Springbank 21 Years Old Douglas Laing XOP 1996

Distillerie	Springbank
Embouteilleur	Douglas Laing
Serie	XOP Xtra Old Particular
Mise en bouteille pour	X
Date de distillation	10.1996
Date de mise en bouteille	03.2018
Pays	Écosse
Région	Campbeltown
Age	21
Cask Type	Refill Hogshead
Numéro de fût	DL 12379
Alcohol percentage	54.3
Volume
État	Caisse en bois originale
Étiquette	Parfait
Stock	0

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Serge Valentin (92)

Colour: gold.

Nose: ooh, these mentholy and pine-y smells that I cherish so much, this soot, these subtle fermentary touches (pot ale), this grassy smoke (beach bonfire), these green cigars, Indonesian-style, this bag of last year’s cider apples that someone forgot to let ferment, and all this cut hay… With water: raw wool, wet dogs (we shall remain friends forever, dogs), candle wax, soot…

Mouth (neat): it’s an IB that’s pretty close to the OBs, and in truth rather more to Longrow than to Springbank, or say midway between both styles. Big notes of lemon icing, grass, green tea, cough medicine, then rather fresh coriander, concentrated lime juice (for quick mojitos)… My my. With water: exactly what we were hoping for. Wax and citrus in perfect sync. More Springbank than Longrow this time. Finish: long, rather dry and pretty bitter, calling for more. Lemony waxes and oils, with a salty tang in the aftertaste.

Comments: what’s most striking is that this is very close, as far as styles are concerned, to the old 10 that had probably been distilled in the 1960s. Product substance over brand content, as they’re now saying at marketing seminars.

BOW (92)