Springbank ( Official) - Longrow CV 2008 - N.A.S - 46%6
5
5 
- Bottler:
- Official
- Alcohol:
- 46%
- Bottle details:
- non chill filtered
- average
-
- (85,59)
- price class:
6 notes disponibles en français
The first nosing reveals peat and smoke with some hints of yeast which fortunately develops on nice fruity notes.
In the palate, smoothness dominates with nice peaty notes and some emerging rather discrete coconut hints.
The finish is pleasantly long and coconut mixes with some spices. Then some chocolate notes appear.
2010Quite a complex nose with clear hints of peat and nice fruity hints. Pleasant sea impressions, sea spray, salt come in addition to make the expectations even higher.
The mouth confirms the pleasure experienced by the nose. Lovely complex. Peat seems to dominate first but fruity hints remain present and give the whole a very pleasant cachet. A touch of coconut as well...?
The finish is lingering and unexpectedly fresh, still dominated by peat.
2010Johannes_Sauer
Colour: Gold green (no colouring).
Nose: In the beginning very easy and appreciable, with an accent on the floral note. For me no "peat monster" at all, but there is a great development toward very spicy herbs (Angostura). Forest flowers, freshly cut wood, coniferous trees show up.
Taste: Digestif, very medical, like a very strong and very well rounded herbal bitter. Bitterroot, myrrh, grapefruit peel and radicchio. Very beautiful and enjoyable for me and anyone who likes bitter spices. Later a very nice cocktail note appears which gets stronger if you add a little water: Brown sugar combined with limes (caipirinha with a dash of angostura), campari orange.
Finish: Like a good bitter, this finish is very very long, this very pleasureful bitterroot note makes love to you! r tastebuds for hours.
Conc.: They say this is a specially peated bottling, and I cannot find it peaty in the traditional Islay way. There are worlds between this dram and any Islay malt I ever experienced, but this opens for me a whole inspiring new dimension to the term "peaty".
Tasting date:Oct/25/2008 Price in Germany ca 40 euros
2008Henrik Johansson
Date of tasting: 8/2 2009
Apperance: Pale Gold
Nose: Roasted almonds and buttery popcorns. A light wiff of paint, oatmeal and old wood. Round and pleasant to the nose with a light burnt note, hay and fresh, dry smoke. With water a distinct leatheryness comes out cowhides and new leather bootes. Also a slightly solvent fruityness and bubble gums. Really very pleasant and complex.
Body: Light to medium
Palate: Round and pleasant with a nice complexity. Good balance with no elements becoming too dominant. It starts out very light and develops clean and mostly green flavours. Semi dry, lightly peaty, vegitative, the smoke is most reminicent of lightly roasted wood. It could have been longer and a little more intense.
2009The first nose is marked by ripe fruit before developing on smoky notes with clear peaty hints. Nice exotic fruit notes and a touch of yeast.
The mouth is very pleasant and really smooth with some discrete coconut hints mixed with peat. Spices, pepper.
The finish is rather long and marked both by spices, the memory of the peat and some remains of coconut.
2009
