Springbank 1992 25 Year Old SYN20 Cask 150 Black Label (Bottled 2017) Single Malt Whisky 700ml

Whiskymaker's note:
Colour: Manzanilla Sherry
Nose: Lemon. Much less tropical than it¡¯s younger brother bottling. Cut grass, citrus peels, hay bails, farmyard funkiness, mint, toffee and cherry. The toffee note takes a while to show itself.
Palate: Spicier! Heavier oak and freshly sawn wood, liquorice. No fruit notes. Not as overwhelming as it may sound. Minted toffee, corriander, sea salt and drying smoke.
Finish: Buttery pastry, butter cream, more salt, green
tea, 'Springbank Funk' and an overall creaminess. Verdict: We¡¯ve traded tropical fruit for a bigger texture with the 25YO. Oak and drier flavours lead the way, but
it's still quite creamy and decadent.

Springbank was established in 1828, is one of the most traditional distilleries in Scotland and, remarkably,all aspects of production - from the malting of the barley through to the bottling of the finished whisky - are still carried out by hand in the traditional manner at the distillery itself.
Springbank is the only distillery in Scotland to malt, distil, mature and bottle on the same site. It manages to do this while operating a highly complex distillation regime, which creates three different styles. In addition to the lightly-peated Springbank, which is produced in the quintessential Campbeltown style, the distillery also makes Hazelburn, an unpeated malt which is triple-distilled, and Longrow, a heavily-peated malt distilled twice. The company also bought the derelict Glengyle distillery in 2000 and re-equipped it (using customised stills from the defunct Ben Wyvis distillery). The first spirit was produced in 2004 and will be bottled as Kilkerran single malt at some point in the next few years.