Springbank

Springbank 1919 50 Year Old, Cask #715, 1970, 33.15%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 74
Average Score
Avg 97
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Description

This is the original "pear-shaped" bottle release of the 1919 vintage. It was later rebottled in the late 1970s and early 1980s as the equally illusive release which once held the Guinness world record for most expensive bottle of whisky.

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Whisky MansionVerified Retail Listing - Updated Oct 6, 2026SGD 49,000.00
Cask type
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Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Lightly Peated
Single cask
No
Non-chill filtered
Yes
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
715
Batch
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PPM
N.A
Barley
N.A
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
N.A
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
N.A
Has box
Yes
Closure
Cork
Presentation
Pear-shaped bottle with box
Series highlights
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Historical context
Distilled post WWI, bottled during the Apollo 13 mission and Chicago 7 trial
Special release
N.A
Allocation
N.A
Nose
Ocean brine, earthy peat, antique furniture, dried lemon, extraordinary coastal concentration, dustiness, earth-laden smoke, herbal oiliness, Vicks lozenges, snuffed wax candles, caramel tablet.
Palate
Dusty lemon tart with a freshly baked crust, drying oak with a slight oiliness, black jelly babies, barnyardiness, camfourwood, dusty, earthy smoke, slightly sweet, slightly sour, slightly salty, very slightly smoky, savoury, umami notes.
Finish
Short to medium in length, with overripe lemons, residual oak and a lingering forest floor earthiness.
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