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Whisky Sponge Springbank 1994 Ed No.60A

Whisky Sponge Springbank 1994 Ed No.60A

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This 1994 vintage Springbank was matured 27 years in a Refill Hogshead before bottling at 47%. 91.38pts Whiskybase / 92pts Whisky Fun

Producer Note

"A single cask of 1994 Springbank, matured full term in a refill sherry hogshead and bottled at natural cask strength of 47%. A special bottling featuring flavours of the olden days, when everything was better in newspapers and imaginations. Sip it and feel yourself drawn irrevocably into the warm, comforting supermassive black hole of nostalgia that sits at the galactic core of all whisky thought and holds our culture together."

700ml ml
Region:Scotland > Campbeltown
Vintage:1994
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92pts Whisky Fun

"Looks like the Sponge wanted to tell us that it's really what's inside the bottle that counts. Colour: chardonnay. Nose: chardonnay. I am not joking! Some nice blanc de blancs from the Côte des Blancs, plus some gooseberries, granny smith, some fresh butter, apple juice, candle wax, a cup of celeriac juice, one of carrot juice, just a little custard, and the signature white asparagus that sometimes – not often – appear in civilised Springbanks. Let's put this straight, this could have been Clynelish just as well. Mouth: it was not quite a nosing whisky, the palate's having it. Fantastic roots and waxes, tart green fruit (the same apples, greengages, kiwis) and this extraordinary chalkiness that would remind us of some great… terroiry chardonnays indeed. Limestone, do you hear me? I've had a little Auxey-Duresses the other day… that's all I'm saying! In any case, Sponge or not Sponge, this palate is perfect. Finish: rather long, very elegant, with a few medicinal touches and even a little fennel and aniseed. Comments: I adore this one on the palate. I'm glad I could order twelve palettes before the word was even out. I wish. SGP:462 - 92 points."