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Hazelburn 15 Year Old

Hazelburn 15 Year Old

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Distillery: Springbank
Type: Scotch
Age: 15 Years
ABV: 46%
Price: £80

Tasting Notes

Nose

Honey, citrus, a gentle malty warmth. Fifteen years have added a composed maturity to Hazelburn's naturally light character. Beneath the honey, dried fruit, vanilla and a whisper of maritime freshness. Elegant and refined.

Palate

Elegant and mature — honey, stone fruit, a gentle oak spice. The triple distillation gives it lightness, the fifteen years give it depth. Mid-palate brings toffee, a gentle warmth and a clean malty sweetness. The Campbeltown maritime influence adds a subtle freshness.

Finish

Medium-long, with honey and a gentle, mature elegance.

Hazelburn 15 is the most mature regular expression of Springbank's triple-distilled, unpeated spirit. Fifteen years have given the naturally light, elegant spirit time to develop genuine depth and complexity, with the triple distillation's inherent lightness now balanced by a composed oak maturity.

The fifteen years have been kind. Where younger Hazelburn can feel light to the point of delicacy, the 15 Year Old has developed a rounded maturity that gives the lightness purpose and direction. The honey and fruit character is more developed, the oak more integrated, and the Campbeltown maritime influence — always subtle in Hazelburn — adds a gentle coastal freshness.

Hazelburn 15 is the expression that best demonstrates Springbank's unpeated, triple-distilled style at its most accomplished. The maturity adds the depth that younger expressions lack, and the result is a whisky of genuine elegance and charm. For drinkers who appreciate Campbeltown but prefer their whisky without smoke, Hazelburn 15 delivers beautifully.

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Joe Whitfield
Joe Whitfield
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Joe has spent over fifteen years immersed in the whiskey industry, beginning his career at a Speyside distillery before moving into drinks journalism. As Editor-in-Chief at Whiskeyful.com, he oversees...

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