Longrow 1987 Signatory

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

Longrow 11 Years Rundlets and Kilderkins

There is something strangely fascinating about this bottle. I love the packaging with it's bronze plaque-ish label on the front and it's embossed lettering. It's quite grand. I picked this one off the shelf along with the CV of the same name to do a little head to head comparison. The CV, now discontinued, had gained quite a reputation along the...

Score 93/100

Longrow CV

I am not a fan of Campbeltown but I would like to become one. I found that they have a very unique signature, but I don't know if I was unlucky but there was always a wrong note that prevented me from really enjoying my dram. This sourish herbal note could be enjoyable in the background but is, for me, very annoying when it comes forward. I had a...

Score 82/100

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