1997 SpringBank Batch No.2, Bottled May 2008 54.9% abv

Colour: Gold.

Nose: A lot of oranges, beeswax, fresh butter and ‘yellow’ flowers but also a little white chocolate and then mint, apple peeling, moss and mushrooms.. A little ginger and porridge.

Mouth: Smoky, wonderfully nutty and roasted and very gingery as well. Quite some lemon as well and then a lot of pepper. Grows a tad powerful after a few seconds, so let’s add water now (while the nose got more mineral and smoky): excellent development, it got creamier, oily, rich, wonderfully spicy (cloves) and orangey.

Finish: Long, very ‘full’, more on lemon, vanilla, chocolate, ginger and salt.