Springbank 40 Year Old Single Oloroso Cask #1414 Chieftains 1968
HED13195
70 cl
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The finish is long and powerful, defined by coffee, thick dark treacle, plum wine and fresh oak. Overall, this is an exceptional whisky from a truly rare vintage, matured for its full term in a single first-fill Oloroso sherry butt and bottled at cask strength. A limited edition release of just 398 bottles—originally offered around 2008—it showcases remarkable quality and clarity of character.
"I used to think that all the good old Springbanks had been bottled already. I was wrong. Amazing freshness" - 93 points - WhiskyFun.com
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Springbank
The Jewel of Campbeltown
Founded in 1828 by the Reid family, Springbank was acquired by the Mitchell family less than a decade later and has been operated by them ever since. Situated in Campbeltown, on the west coast of Scotland, Springbank actually produce whisky in three distinct styles under three different labels - Springbank, Longrow and Hazelburn. Springbank is produced using the distillery's distinctive '2.5 times' distillation technique, Longrow is a double-distilled whisky made with heavily peated malt and Hazelburn is a smooth, triple distilled single malt.
Official bottlings are, thankfully, still very common and independent bottlings also quite easy to track down. Springbank has long experimented with cask finishes and experimental limited editions. In recent years, a three bottle series of "local barley" editions focussed on whisky produced using only malt from farms close to the distillery.