2022 Hazelburn 21 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)

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Springbank's triple distilled spirit, Hazelburn has proven itself suited to a variety of maturations. Made from unpeated, air dried barley, this limited release of 3600 bottles is one of the darkest on record being a 70:30 ratio in favour of sherry casks. It's also the oldest Hazelburn we've encountered to date and quite possibly the oldest ever bottled. 46% Alc./Vol. Non chill filtered.

Other reviews... [2022 release] Colour: pale amber. Nose: to me Hazelburn these days increasingly seems to align around a 'diet Springbank' profile, but very much in the best sense of that concept. This leans loudly towards the sherry with a lot of hessian, cough medicines, wee sooty touches, Maggi, leather tobacco pouch and delicate waxy notes. Also some darker dried fruits, gamey meaty touches and bitter herbs. Excellent! Mouth: lovely arrival, rather on bitter herbal notes, salty and nutty sherry tones, more leathery and tobacco vibes and further impressions of sooty things, waxes, game meats and subtle cough medicines. Blind I would probably have just said a lovely Springbank. Finish: good length, on heather honey, candied almonds, salted liquorice, cough syrup and drier earth sherry notes in the aftertaste. Comments: rock solid, with a very 'Springbank' sherry profile but one that manages to show good balance and cleanliness. I am increasingly a fan of Hazelburn as the years tick by. 90 points - whiskyfun.com