Whisky-distilleries Tasting Sessions: Longrow CV 2010 (en)

dimanche 8 janvier 2012

Longrow CV 2010 (en)

Another bottle sent by Dugas, this bottle has finished in fifth place at this session, just behind the Springbank CV. The competition was very tough at this sessionand the second to last place is very honorable for a bottle of 35 euros. It receivedvery good scores (92) and worse ones (76) and 16-point gap between the best and the worst score in the average between the sessions of blind tasting.

Here are the notes extremes:

Johannes Sauer

Colour: Very bright gold, white wine. Oily with nice tears.
Nose: In the beginning very discreet peat, there seems to be strong alcohol above the other notes. But undercover there are very fine and beautiful wooden notes. Freshly cut saw dust, well rounded with vanilla and a very pleasant metallic note (like an electric motor in the model toy railway I know from childhood). Very well balanced and promising.
Taste: Wonderful round and complex, exactly what the nose promised. Soft peat combined with brown sugar and fine wooden and floral notes. Also marzipan and vanilla. Even a pinch of sea salt? No more metallic note here, nothing disturbs this admirable impression. Impossible to add water here.
Finish: Good and long, fine and round mingling between many shades of delicate bitterness and burnt caramel.
Conclusion: This is the dram exactly to fit my taste. Absolute Killer bee (Kinky Friedman). There is no more to say. Can’t wait to see what bottle it is.
Guesswork: If there hadn’t been already the 2 Longrows in this kit I did not identify surly (sad to say), my first guess would go in direction of Campeltown. Might be a original bottling around 46%. Or might be an Islay whisky made the Campeltown way...

Savoureur

appearance: pale yellow, thin legs that flow rather quickly
nose: low intensity, well integrated alcohol after a few minutes of breathing, white fruits, vanilla, peat in the background, sour like curd milk (disappears at breathing)
Taste: low intensity, moderate bitter and sour mixture
finish: short
With water: no change on the nose, the mouth is less intense but the bitterness has become less and the fruits are more present
conclusion:
The nose is discreet and not very complex. However it is pleasant, this in contrast to the mouth that is definitely not to my taste.