Colour: Straw.
Nose: No alcohol presence at all. Young yellow and white fruits, chalk, mineral notes, paraffine, engine oil, delicate light wood smoke, wet wool and grapefruit notes on the background.
Mouth: The alcohol is perfectly integrated and the texture is very oily. A small burst of paraffin at first, rapidly overtaken by ripe fruits and lemon zest freshness and citruses juice, sooty notes, white pepper, yeast, mineral notes and hints of herbal notes.
Finish: Long. Mainly on citruses freshness, pepper and hints of candle wax.

What a wonderful Springbank we have there to start with! It’s a really fresh and mineral profile that I just can’t stop loving. No real trace in the profile from the refill sherry cask here except maybe those engine oil and paraffin notes which were a good addition to the mix.

Score: 90

Colour: Gold with coppery hues.
Nose: Propolis, heather honey, beeswax, chalk, mineral notes, mangoes, pineapples, iodine, sea salt, medicinal notes and candied lemon zest adding some freshness but keeping the roundness to a lovely level.
Mouth: The alcohol integration is perfectly integrated and the texture is very thick and oily. Brine, sea salt, iodine, seashells, smoked herrings, Belgian mussels, olive oil, peach and apricot marmalade, heather, chalk, honey and some very nice pepper mint, freshly cut mint leaves, camphor, eucalyptus adding a lot of freshness to the end of this mouth.
Finish: Long. Brine, see weed, sea salt, hints of heather honey, wax and ripe exotic fruits but they are overwhelmed by the rest. There is still that wonderful mentholated freshness lingering for so long, well at least till the next sip!

What a fantastic dram!
The only problem I can see with this one is probably the fact that the level will quickly decrease once open, trust me. (Yes my sample was instantly dry as a bone!)

Score: 91