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FIRST FILL OLOROSO SHERRY CASK OF SPRINGBANK DISTILLERY 1991

Auction Closed

October 24, 04:00 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 65,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

FIRST FILL OLOROSO SHERRY CASK OF SPRINGBANK DISTILLERY 1991


Cask Number 411/1991, distilled in 1991, bulk 121.45, 50.2 ABV, 60.97 RLA, date of regauging 31.07.2019, originally filled into a refill Hogshead, reracked into First Fill Oloroso Cask on 22.02.2019, at the time of gauging this cask yields circa 173 bottles 

LYING AT WHISKYBROKER LTD, SCOTLAND Offered In Bond only


Appearance: Gold


Appletiser! Or as we used to call it, “Appletise”. There’s some banana behind there and definitely vanilla, but also some lemon and savoury character. Lemon Chicken with apple crumble and warm custard for dessert. The light Springbank peat lingers around the sweeter flavours bringing something rugged and robust to the proceedings. Some painter’s canvas can be found lurking towards the end.


In the mouth this is certainly no light whisky. The fruit is there, the light peat still lingering, but there’s something more. That robust and rugged character. Something slightly metallic – the iron girders for which Scotland’s drinks are famous. This whisky is proudly displaying Springbank’s distillery DNA so far, and when the sherry rerack takes hold it is certain to soar.


1 Barrel 

The vintage of this Springbank cask is 1991, which was not noted in the lot description of the printed catalogue.