Longrow 18 Year Old

Longrow 11 Years Red Port Cask

My obsession with Campbeltown continues. And my latest area of interest is the Longrow - the peatiest of the three whiskies produced at Springbank. The other two, of course, being Springbank and Hazelburn. It started when I pulled out a 14 year old Burgundy Wood Longrow more than two years after opening it. Having not cared much for it earlier...

Score 88/100

Longrow 1997/2011 14 Year Old Burgundy Wood

from a purchased sample Nose: Red berries and malt. Very obvious red (fruity) wine influence. Jammy and some fudge. Smoke in small quantities, bags of oranges - juice and sweet zest, almost as from some flan dessert. Twigs and a few briney notes. Ginger and pepper. Chocolate in weak coffee. Eventually something butyric and warm - a presence that...

Score 82/100

Longrow 2000 7 Year Old Gaja Barolo Finish

I'd started a local whisky club with the help of my brother in law and a few regulars of my imported beer shop. I'd finally decided to do that when so many of my regular customers had complained about whiskies. What whiskies would they like? What whiskies were good, what whiskies were bad, what whiskies were worth the price that was being charged...

Score 90/100

Longrow 1995 10 Year Old

The colour of champagne or chardonnay(?), the very slightest green tinge to the pale yellow liquor. The usual pine and coconut are present on the nose supported by some mild oaky notes and accompanied by a floral character which is unusual in my book for Springbank/Longrow. Medium bodied, with a very smooth delivery of complex understated...

Score 95/100