Longrow 14 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 45 by Martine Nouet and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Martine Nouet Nose Medicinal and peaty. Fresh asphalt. Creosote. Smoked salmon. Shortbread pastry. Mint chocolates. Palate Smooth at start then warming up with a spicy burst of ginger and chilli. Stewed pears. A hint of toffee. Finish Minty, quickly fading with a smoky sweetness. Comment Far more interesting than the 10 Years Old versions. It has the freshness and vibrancy of a crisp cold and rainy morning.

Dave Broom Nose A big sooty, briny, phenolic nose. Liquorice, stove blacking, hot roads in the sun. Long and phenolic. Big phenols, but balanced. Palate Drives down hard onto the palate. Coal-like slightly salty. Generous and powerful. Finish Coal tar. Comment You feel this is old fashioned, coal-fired, steam driven kind of whisky and its none the worse for that.