Springbank Longrow 16 Years Old

An official Longrow single malt, a 16 year old from 2001 and bottled at 54.6%. Only 366 bottles were released. Springbank is a Campbeltown distillery founded in 1828, a cult Campbeltown distillery with a devoted following. Little has changed in the way the spirit is made for the best part of a century.

It was given Longrow's double distillation of heavily peated barley, and worm tub cooled in the old way. It was matured in refill ex-Bourbon oak, lending vanilla and honey. Past a decade the oily spirit deepens, fruit and salt knitting with the oak. The cool, damp Campbeltown air by the sea gives a slow, even maturation. Kintyre's damp, mild climate suits a long and gentle maturation. The old town of Campbeltown once rivalled Speyside as Scotland's whisky heart. Quality and tradition, not volume, have always been the watchwords here. The spirit is filled to cask and matured within the distillery walls.

Undiluted at 54.6%, it is intense. A coastal peat smoke with a briny depth ride on vanilla, cream and light coconut. The mouthfeel is oily, the fruit carried on a salty body. The finish is long, waxy and briny. This is Longrow, the heavily peated Campbeltown malt.