Longrow 12 years 2003 Of. Duty Paid Sample Warehouse 15 - Rotation 546

Lot presentation

Longrow 12 years 2003 Of. Duty Paid Sample Warehouse 15 - Rotation 546

The wine

A Longrow 12 year old distilled in 2003. Duty-paid samples of Springbank are bottled from a single cask on a single day, making them unique. Although the labels are in the same style as those used for trade samples, these bottlings are also available at the Cadenhead store in Campbeltown.

About the Producer Longrow(Springbank)

Scotland, Campbeltown – Mull of Kintyre. Original distillery closed. Owner: J&A Mitchell & Co Ltd.

Before becoming the second single malt distilled at Springbank, Longrow had its own distillery, the ruins of which can be found near Springbank's car park and bottling plant. Longrow was awarded a distillation license in 1824 but closed in 1896. In 1973, the Mitchells, descendants of a long dynasty of Campbeltown distillers, began distilling a heavily peated malt at Springbank (55 ppm). Longrow rose from its ashes and became Springbank's peated alter ego. Its production, however, was sporadic. No trace remains from the period 1975-1986. Records begin again in 1987 with a handful of bottlings for independent bottlers such as Signatory Vintage. During the same period, its owners bottled the first two years of the distillery's distillation, 1973 and 1974. These editions became an immediate hit among collectors and fans of peated whiskies.