Detailed TIMING (Nosing starts at 24:32) :
0:01 Introduction
2:00 SPRINGBANK distillery presentation
18:03 Today’s whiskies reviewed presentation
24:32 Nosing the SPRINGBANK
30:30 Nosing the HAZELBURN
34:17 Tasting the SPRINGBANK
38:45 Tasting the HAZELBURN
43:03 Tasting the SPRINGBANK with water
45:20 Tasting the HAZELBURN with water
48:15 Rating the whiskies
51:10 A quick general note to finish
Today’s video is about 2 whiskies with the same age & same finishing wine, but a different brand name from the same distillery, the SPRINGBANK distillery, from the official Campbeltown region of Scotland founded in 1828:
I will try the 2,5 half distilled SPRINGBANK 9 yo « GAJA BAROLO » (distilled in 12/2004, bottled in 10/2013, outturn of 11000 bottles), in the limited « Wood Expressions » range, a single malt Scotch whisky having been matured first for 4 years in Refill Bourbon barrels & then 5 years in Fresh Gaja Barolo casks (an Italian red wine), non chill-filtered & non coloured & bottled at an abv of 54,7 %.
Then I will compare it to another release using the same wine type (but probably not from the same vineyard, as the second one doesn’t state the name « Gaja »), the triple-distilled HAZELBURN 9 yo « BAROLO CASK MATURED » (distilled in 06/2007, bottled in 10/2016, outturn of 10800 bottles), in a limited edition, a single malt Scotch whisky having been matured first for 6 years in First Fill Bourbon barrels & then 3 years in Refill Barolo wine Hogsheads, non chill-filtered & non coloured & bottled at an abv of 57,9 %.
For more about the SPRINGBANK distillery, I won’t add more informations here in the description, considering that I will do a distillery rundown (an overview covering part of the 68 expressions tasted so far & 19 different expressions owned) next year, so please read my topic on my website « Greg’s Whisky Guide » (in French, but some of the notes linked to it have a short summary in English), link below (the are also interviews & a portrait available there) :
For other opinions about the SPRINGBANK 9 yo « GAJA BAROLO » bottled in 2013 & another take about it, but still of mine & about other whiskies of my collection, here is the link to a LIVE show I did with Fredrik & Emil in their A DRAM DIVIDED youtube channel:
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My Blender’s cap: Please watch the video on my channel called « NORTHMAEN Cuvée 1110… », about a new French whisky reference I created this year.