Longrow is one of the three malt whiskies coming from Springbank Distillery, the other two being Hazelburn and (of course) Springbank. The Longrow whiskies are the most heavily peated of the three, with the Peated being the cheapest expression available. You shouldn’t have trouble finding this for around 40 euro.
Longrow Peated (46%, OB, +/- 2013)
Nose: Fresh peat and sauerkraut. Creamy and buttery, and something zesty is also going on. Loads of bananas, giving it a nice tropical edge.
Taste: Pretty raw, but the palate also brings you butter, vanilla and caramel, all coated by a layer of peat and a pinch of black pepper. Some salt and lemon too.
Finish: Wood smoke and brine.
Rating: 86
Raw and smooth at the same time. The peat isn’t overpowering. There’s fruit too. Not much more you can ask for, especially at this price.
There’s a lot to like about the drops coming out of Campbelltown. The longrow stuff is rather exciting – even the basic ones like this! Have you had any of the wine cask matured stuff?
Keep on waffling,
Nick
Sure 🙂 Some interesting stuff in there, although not all winners. I enjoyed the Longrow 1995 Tokaji. And the Springbank 2004 Gaja Barolo is nice.
Just bought a botle :D.
I stille had half a sample (Longrow CV but I heard they are very similair) from my beginning in the whisky world. Back then I didn’t like the peat, hut after serges review and a check on whiskybase I tried it again and boy I liked it! The freshness, mineraly clean peat, I knew this would be the ons replacing my Ardbeg 10 when empty and bought a bottle straight away!