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Interesting profile but not flawless, a little bit too leathery and too earthy in the finish and rather a bit drying

21+ 21 21+ 21 85 Okay, simple and drinkable.

Dark fruits, toffee, nuts, sweet spices, but also some unexpected leather that is not to my taste

At the first glance at the barrel composition, the thought briefly came up, what this fuss - as with the current 12 CS - is actually supposed to be, Springbank has always been quite good with a mix of bourbon and sherry barrels or with another 2- Barrel combination (including finish) driven. But if the end result is right, the way there doesn't really matter. And here the end result fits, it is not too thin despite its only 47.8%, it delivers a great play of flavors in the nose and on the tongue. The finish could have been a little longer, but that's a complaint on a high level.

This one needs some time, at first quite modest. Later on more powerful, a lot of red fruits and whiffs of smoke. Pleasant dram, but certainly not worth its current price of >200 in my honest opinion.

Try it at the Whisky Spring Schwetzingen 2021. I was really looking forward to it, but it was nothing. A slight smoky note, otherwise not much more. Actually meaningless. Disappointing!

Nose 22, taste 22, finish 22, balance 22

2020 Rating

Tasted blind, never liked Springbank so might be a surprise. This was not good at all.

It's a wonderfully complex single malt with classic Springbank qualities.

I kind of haven't bothered much with Springbank recently due to the insane prices and limited availability, but this is truly excellent and makes me wish I'd gotten around to hunting for a bottle. Still, I wouldn't have wanted to pay much more than, say, 130 €, which is probably an instant disqualifier.

Good, but just a bit too much of the wine sweetness (a little artificial). It might be just worth its release price. Rip-off flipper pricing of well over €200 (this b.t.w. equaled first hand pricing at some Dutch webshops) is just ridiculous. For complexity you might just as well buy a 12 yo CS or a 15 yo.

N20 P22 F21 B21

I like this dram but not for 250 euro a bottle. To my opinion that is far overpriced. When 125 I would buy a bottle because the whisky is very nice and I like the sweetness of the Madeira wood.

A classic Springbank profile, with its farmhouse and vanilla notes, the mellowness of Madeira wine, and a hint of smoke. Lemon and grapefruit, white plums, Mirabelle plums, and Reine-Claude plums. Meringue and pastry cream, but the barnyard aromas remain in the background: earthy hay, sheepskin, dry soil. Beautifully balanced. Slightly ethereal and briny. On the palate, vanilla and citrus emerge, a sparkling twist, a melting cake, vibrant spices, pepper, and cloves. Bites of orange chocolate. A long, cereal-like finish, powerful, with notes of cola, wheat, barley, millet, and straw, still with vanilla undertones. To be honest, I tasted the rum more than the Madeira wine, which I only really noticed in the finish. https://ilikesky2020.blogspot.com/2023/06/springbank-2002-madeira-wood-17-yo.html

A very nice jagged Springbank, with a somewhat disappointing finish, but not enough to take away the pleasure of the dram.

A very cool life dram from Campbeltown. Lots of sweets, citrus, chocolate, but also a bit of bitterness which completes the whole perfectly. A delicate bubble at the very end is a nice ending to my adventure with Springbank dram.

Unusual spring bench. However, Madeira maturation doesn't work ideally for me here. No comment on prices on the secondary market.

Fabulous...

I like it a lot. Crazy mix done well to me.

The whisky was initially matured for 14 years in a combination of ex-rum and ex-bourbon casks and was then further matured for 3 years in fresh Madeira hogsheads. The result is a strong, dark whisky that is only available on the secondary market at corresponding prices. The funky Springbank style combined with the elegance of Madeira promises an interesting whisky. glen-efze.de

89/88/87/88

The anticipation for this rehearsal was subdued and I wasn't expecting anything. But now I am very annoyed that the whole bottle is not on my shelf now. André had made me a great offer (120 €) when this 17 came on the market and I had rashly declined. Unfortunately. That was a huge mistake. He's a unicorn among the 17s. The worst part about it ... now I would like to have one. (but unfortunately already well over 200 €) Where exactly such bottlings are the reason why I am always looking for the unicorns in the whisky forest;))

Very good jumping bench. Thank you for a sample at a time from: denise61929 and birkzehn Is exactly my thing. Easy to drink and none Experiments with water necessary. The prices requested shortly after the publication of but it is not worth the "resellers". I agree with Totoro. But would go up to 170/180 €.

Not the greatest moment.

No hype, just a great whisky. EYE/NOSE Strong golden tone. At first I notice the very subtle scent of a distant wood fire. In general, the Madeira has a lot to offer on the nose. Apple aromas and fresh wood notes, for example, which over time give way to spices such as allspice and freshly ground black pepper as well as green olives and coconut. In the background I notice a slightly leathery honey sweetness that seems to weave everything into it. PALATE A little ginger spiciness introduces the enjoyment. Then the typical sweetness of rum raisins, which together with the creaminess of the whisky is reminiscent of Malaga ice cream, although not to the same extent as is the case with the Bushmills 28yo 'Causeway'. The sweetness finds its congenial counterpart in a fine acidity that reminds me of fresh, white grape juice. And then - typically Springbank - it gets a little dirty. The distillate leaves its unmistakable mark on the whisky. Wonderful! A really intense malt. The splendid mouthfeel remains, while the restrained Springbank smoke slowly but inexorably fights its way to a place in the front row. FINISH/CONCLUSION Loooooong and warming. Oaky, a little peppery, leathery again, and yet the fruity sweetness is present here too. Reminds me of pineapple that spent a little too long on the smoker. Great interaction between the rum and bourbon barrels from the basic maturation and the Madeira finish, impeccably crafted. What can I say? From the Springbank 'funk' to the popular sweet fruits, the creamy consistency and the long and powerful aftertaste. The Madeira offers almost everything you could want in a malt today, without revealing any real weaknesses or even failing due to off-notes. Thumbs up! Springbank is and remains 'The Malt Drinker's Dream'. >> Maltkanzlei FB Review #353. >> More notes and reviews on Facebook at: #Maltkanzlei

Good stuff, interesting cask and finishing concept, a unique bottle that deserves the rating here indeed!

Hey this works! Leave it to Springbank to do some cask magic and come up with a good dram. I don’t think it hurts leaving out their sherry casks that are quite often sulphured... An old style profile, nice sweet fruits, tablet, vitamins, soft herbs and sweet malt. Very drinkable above all, if not overly complex.

tasted this one at 48,5% at the Springbank virtual tasting. Pretty good, close to the 12y cs but with more buttery notes. Still noticeable as a SB, with slight peat and chalk.

floral and fruity

This is a good whisky. But I've had many better Springbanks. The funk is not enough for me here, while the leather is clearly too dominant. Full review in a flight of six campbeltown malts: https://keinehalbendrinks.de/2022/11/23/campbeltowning-2/

Whisky Dram, Kyiv 02/19/22

What kind of awesome car is that? Absolutely overloaded - but with fruits as I know them from my home and childhood.

Very tasty springbank. The Madeira barrel gives it a nice fruity-sweet component, goes well, could have been something stronger. Nose is very good, by the time it leaves it loses.

with water: no, it is very well adjusted, actually it lacks a few percent. Let's try it anyway ... now the rum sweetness comes better with pineapple, vanilla, tropical fruits, also in the taste, but unfortunately it also flattens the mouthfeel Conclusion: A very modern Springbank with a lot of sweetness from bourbon, rum and Madeira barrels, I would almost describe it as a Black Art of Springbank, because a lot happens here and the modern kind of the sweet barrel types mixes up nicely. Anyone who wants a dark, sweet springbank will love this one. For me a little too much of a good thing, maybe a little too modern

Really good. A nice collaboration between the rum and bourbon casks and the finish of Madeira Wood.

scbp-4541, a wine with a good taste. The smell is too restrictive and the ending rhyme is slightly bitter. The overall flavor profile is uniform. For the taste, the full strawberry flavor can put it at 89 points, but its monotonous smelling experience is really against me. Expectations for Madeira Barrels

(TASTED BLIND) NOSE: Initially notes of Sherried maturation. Later sweet old wood , baking spices, dried fruits, creamy notes. If it's sherried I suspect refill barrel(s). But I'm not certain we are talking sherry casks here. Nice rancio notes plus something a bit stale (less nice). Comes and goes in quality and liveliness in a way. (swinging between 86 and 88p in my book). TASTE: The arrival comes with dry wood, and a slightly metallic twist on fruit and acidity. The fruit is there but it's not properly alive anymore, like in a dry Rhine Riesling which has passed it's peak but still lives on, now mainly on its acidity, not its fruit. On the mid palate unspecified old liqueur (sans the sugar), a slightly oily mouthfeel, tinned yellow fruits (primarily pineapple). But then, also in the mouth this comes and goes in quality and liveliness, suddenly it's more fruity and fresh again. More metallic on the downs, less when up. Hard to judge. (86p-88p). FINISH: The finish takes its cue from the mid palate, really. When that's up, this is up and alive and vice versa. (..p). OVERALL: Given my notes above I would not be surprised if this is not an older bottling which has spent some decades in glass, now veering inconsistently between full life and semi death. Interesting, for sure. Total score 86-88 points. Yes, really. Post revelation: Well, it just goes to show, doesn't it? Blind tasting can be ruthless but still is the most honest way to taste.

That rich parents' who mostly drink navy rum Cambeltonian guy in an high-end preppy style attire after a trip to Portugal

It doesn't smell better than the 10yo, but it does smell darker and more fruity. Soot, pebbles, dried apricots, passion fruit, more oak. Yes, with a little time ... soot, bark, wet earth, undergrowth. Has some liqueur, sweet orange juice. So very nice. In the mouth: Yeah. Dark sweet, malt beer, wet pebbles, resin, candle wax. Tasty, not particularly thick. Finish: medium long. Could one again ... Better, older than the 10, but "worse" than the Bourbon Wood, which also goes for> 300 €. OK...

Tasting: April 2021

Madeira and also a lot of jumping bench.

2021-09-05

On the nose it's rich tropical fruit dipped in maple syrup and wood varnish, with chocolate orange, sweet aniseed and dusty old leather. The fruit is to the fore on the palate, but underscored with clove, black pepper, ginger and various curry spices. Back on chocolate orange and stewed fruits on the finish, with rich honeys and the tiniest hint of smoke and sweet chilli.

The nose starts immediately with notes of toffee, blood orange, strawberry jam, milk chocolate and a drizzle of peat that accompanies everything and prevents it from becoming too flat on the sweetness. In the mouth it is full-bodied and oily, the spices are felt with notes of pepper and cinnamon, then the scents perceived on the nose return, caramel, chocolate, dates, cane sugar, finally notes of leather, petrichor and tobacco are perceived. the finish is long with hints of spiced oak, dried fruit, citrus marmalade and peat. Magnificent!

Dewy grass and earthy springbank characters Taste like grape jam from behind, various sweet and sour fruits, spices, very complex and good balance

It’s quite nice, maybe a bit short of my expectations though. It’s got a great balance of savoury and sweet notes, and plenty of nice Madeira influence. The nose is rich and lovely, with that great balsamic note I always love to find in Springbank. The mouthfeel is light, but quite full, and the finish started to get quite long as I worked my way through the glass. Is it better than the 15? I’m not really sure. I do know that this whisky was like $300, which seems completely insane. Still, a very tasty whisky. That floor for Springbank bottlings is so high already that it’s disappointing to find one that’s just “good”.

I like this better than the 2020 Longrow 18 but not the July Springbank 18. The higher ABV is nice, but the 07.01.2020 run of the 18 is very good this year and I'm not usually a big port fan. I think the 17 yo Madeira is overrated a little bit due to newbies with cabin fever this year who are getting into Springbanks partly due to the hype. This dram is good but not great (for a Springbank). The July Springbank 18 at cask strength would have totally crushed it. On the other hand, this 17 madeira under consideration is kind of a different animal, so perhaps the comparison is less than apt. This dram is surprisingly industrial. While I really liked the industrial side of the Springbank Local Barley 16, this madeira is not as much of a pleaser in terms of its industrial side. A bit more rough and the complexity doesn't gel nearly so well. Still, it's a really nice bottle. I might have liked the Springbank 17 Sherrywood a tad better, but then again this bottle has not oxygenated enough to really make that comparison accurately yet. It takes the Sherrywood a long time to really shine after being opened.

This I feel combines the different aspects of Springbank (subtle and powerful, all in one) exceptionally well. Extra kuddo’s to them for putting this in first fill Madeira casks for 3 years after already seeing the inside of bourbon and rum casks for a decade and a half. This could just as easily have been about the wood, the wood and nothing but the wood, but it didn’t. simply put: ‘This is what whisky is all about!’

Nice dram, but nothing special. It misses Springbank "funk". I gave to my friends blind tasting Springbank 15 Madeira 17 12 CS 57.1 and Madeira turn out for everyone on the last place.

From an sample provided by Polley.

Great nose. Very fruity with little sea salt and typical springbank funk.. Taste Pepper oily sweet fruit very little peat Complex and enjoyable Finish Pepper bitter oily long not complex Enjoyed nose and palate the best Drop of water ease the dram

Good example for Madeira wood Whisky

sweet-sour-salty, exotic-fruity, pear liqueur, caramel, liquorice, voluminous, tingling, creamy, classic Springbank & Madeira, just as expected top quality, mineral, delicately smoky, bitter-sweet and meaty-fruity! Malaga ice cream! A bit earthy and dirty in the finish with a persistent, vinous sweetness.

Full review here: https://tastingbros.com/2021/04/25/a-crazy-mix-of-casks/

Great Springbank - the madeira works well and gives a nice decadent sweetness with lots of xmas flavour. Would be in the 90s if it had a bit more balance and polish. Packs a nice punch. Love it

Aroma: Intense, rich. Lots of citrus fruits, spicy spices, minerality. They stood and breathed ... Canned peaches, strawberry jam, raspberries, leather goods. A sherry story in a duet with light industrial notes, carpentry, sea breeze, tobacco. Taste: Bright, enveloping, buttery. Citrus, peat smoke, red apple, peach, berry theme. Industrial notes, spicy spices, wood. Finish: Long-lasting, enveloping. Apricot pits, smoke, spices, some berries, wood. Conclusion: A wonderful mix of citrus fruits, berries, fruits with a light industrial note. ⚡88⚡

Berries like strawberries and blackberries, and dried apricot, sweet and sour, combined with punky mushrooms and dusty, just like Springbank. Rubber does exist but not in the bad way, cause with peat, it feels like a tropical flavor, such as mango. Sherry influence at the end, thus woody, dried grape and spice.

However welcoming it is to see a madeira cask matured whisky, it certainly makes a change from sherry matured, but they may be spent a bit too much time in the casks, personally. The nose is very enjoyable and I prefer this over the previous 15 year old rum cask edition.

A great springbank with nice aromas, which is a bit too "bulky" for me and unfortunately doesn't offer much in the finish. For the issue price just about reasonable, not even worth a thought for the ones called up. I feel better served with the 15.

The part I love the most is on the nose, with a soft creamy, fruity but slightly smoky side, in which you can see a spicy part that, in the mouth, takes over on the fruity side. I find a continuous evolution in the glass, quite satisfying, especially if you chew the whisky a little. Discreetly long and spicy finish. Bottle opened for more than 3 months, at first it was sweeter and less complex.

Nose: Freshly mowed lawn, raisins, dried apricots, dried peaches, crackers, mint. Did not catch any smoky taste, lemon juice, berry juice, smell very complicated. Drink: Not high alcohol content, but the oily feel is very good, it is as smooth as it is about to melt in the mouth, better than smelling, citrus jam, honey, the changes in the mouth are very complex, smoky , Umami, long lasting rhyme. Overall: Although not so much like springbank in my impression. But it does not prevent it from becoming a good bottle of whisky. Cup: blended 1920 bottle: 30ml

Nose: Sweet and fresh at the beginning, then the malt becomes maritime with a little smoke. Now there is a clear fruit note with apricot and red apple. I also smell something dirty, which I cannot identify exactly but which is not annoying. Vanilla, delicate leather notes and a little oak follow. • Taste: In the mouth, the Springbank is a bit reserved and comes across as sweet and quite spicy. The first sip tingles on the tongue and has a mineral effect, then I find clear herbal aromas that remind me of a bitter green tea. Now the oak comes with all its spiciness, I finally taste a hint of tobacco and a pinch of salt. • Departure: Elegantly creamy, spicy and dry finish on the back.

I can imagine that it meets the taste of some whisky drinkers exactly. He can definitely do something - but doesn't really mean a booty scheme. I can understand the 90+ points of some of the notes here, but of course I have to judge according to my own taste and there are few situations where I would crave a sip of it, although I can respect that it is of high quality.

Sweet and soft but ultimately feels very boring. Loses a lot of the fun uniqueness of Springbank.

It's an exciting bottling. For me personally, however, not really a revelation. The issue price was already too high for me, but the current consumer price of over € 300 is very, very far beyond what this whisky is worth to me. The content can hardly justify this.

Slightly sour, peach, springbank dirty. Good balance of sour and peat. Long rounded peach finish.

Due to the unique taste of Madeira cask, it is characterized by a heavy and juicy Springbank-like light finish that combines sweetness and saltiness. Personally, this is a wonderful bottle that combines the unique taste of Madeira Cask with the goodness of Springbank.

Fruity, sea salt , lots of fruit again in the finish , candies

Amazing! Citrus Salted Caramel with Springbank funk!

Good taste