Single Malt
Scotland
1 Oct 2001
1 May 2018
Well-peated 16 year old single malt from the Springbank distillery, released under the Longrow name and bottled for the UK market. This particular expression was drawn from a single cask - but that's not quite the whole story. It was initially aged in a fresh bourbon barrel for 7 years, before being moved over to a fresh Chardonnay wine barrel for a further 9 years. Following that, the whisky was bottled at cask strength, with just 360 bottles produced.
Cigar box, lime peel, white chocolate, earthy smoke and a hint of spent match.
Roasted coffee bean, oily walnut, grapefruit and granola.
TCP, leather, apricot, earthy once again.
Go on, ah go on, you will, you will..open that “collectable bottle” as what is inside is way more interesting than doubling your money at auction. Would have never guessed at a Chardonnay finish as this feels like more some kind of pudding wine or PX cask. A real whisky geeks malt with a real challenging array of flavours. What an experiment from this Campbeltown distillery. Longrow is fast becoming one of my favourite non Islay peat monsters.The Whisky Flaneur
