Hallo zusammen,
das mit der schwarzen Kappe wird nichts, ca 125 Euro, mir zu teuer, macht aber nichts.
Das endgültige line up:
OA: 10 jähriger Longrow aus den ersten Batches ca. 1987, ohne Jahresangabe, beige Kappe, schmale Flasche, 46%
OA: 10 jähriger Longrow, sherry cask, ohne Jahresangabe, ca. 1989, schmale Flasche, 46%
OA: Longrow, sherry cask 1989-11.2002, 53,2%, 2350 bottles
OA: Neuer 10 jähriger Longrow Mandarin, 46%
OA: Neuer Longrow 18 years, 46%
OA: Neuer Longrow CV, 46%
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ben_sherman
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Ozzy
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guycalledfrank
islaydreamer
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Leorin
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Warteliste:
Götzi
Romeowhisky
Terekest
Wenn sich noch 5 Teilnehmer zusätzlich finden, mache ich eine zweite Staffel auf.
Preis für 6 x 50 ml inkl. Flaschen, Verpackung und Versand ist 40 Euro, günstiger geht es wirklich nicht.
Der Longrow 18 y ist preislich etwas stressig.
Serges Eindrücke, wobei ich nicht glaube, dass die Vorab-Samples und die Flaschen-Abfüllungen übereinstimmen, ein alter Trick, die Vorkoster bekommen eine getunte Version, ich lasse mich aber gerne positiv überraschen:
Longrow CV (46%, OB, 2008)Like the older Springbank CV, this one is a vatting of various ages, CV meaning Curriculum Vitae (and not Chairman’s Vat). This one will be bottled right this week (tomorrow or the day after tomorrow if I’m not mistaken). Colour: straw. Nose: clean, pure and fresh at first Nosing. Smokier than expected, with rather delicate hints of mint and aniseed, then apple compote, vanilla crème and fresh butter, and finally whiffs of wet wool and a little brown coal. Neither feinty (at all), nor marked by any heavy wood treatment, which sounds like excellent news to our ears. Great nose, peatier, more ‘Islay’ than previous recent bottlings.
Mouth: very direct, very peaty and peppery, with rather big citrusy notes at the attack. Pepper and lemons plus a little vanilla fudge, orangeade, dried ginger... Gets peatier over time. Not exactly a peat monster but quite – maybe the peatiest Longrow I ever tried. Finish: long, clean, peaty, peppery, with added notes of bitter oranges and a pinch of salt. Comment: it’s amazing how a great spirit Longrow can be when it’s not masked by exuberant wood. We like this a lot and shall buy bottles when it’s out. SGP:347 – 89 points.
Longrow 18 yo (48%, OB, 2008)Advance sample. Another brand new Longrow that will be bottled this week according to the ever spirited Frank McHardy. Aren’t we all dreaming of something new, that would match the brilliant 1973s and 1974s, or the best casks from 1987? Let’s see... Colour: straw. Nose: starts boldly on cider apples, raw rhubarb and warm butter, with also notes of old walnuts, liquorice and old books (a second-hand bookshop, really.) Gets then both farmier and more ‘maritime’, with the same notes of wet wool as in the CV, wet grains, kelp, then fresh mint and moss. Pleasant mustiness, fresh mushrooms and moss. Medium peatiness. Mouth: yes, more peat and more punch on the palate than on the nose, and in that sense it’s closer to the CV. The great news is that it’s also very clean again, more directly salty, orangey, spicy (notes of dried cardamom), with an excellent ‘pepperiness’ growing bolder by the minute. Even hints of chilli (not of the ‘End of the World – Triple XXX’ category that is.) Salted smoked fish. Finish: very long, very peppery and very orangey (bitter oranges). Obligatory silly comment: please drop the Tokaj, Barolo or Whicheverwine casks and make more of this kind of pure breed (I’m sorry)! This bottle should become legendary once it has rested quite a few years in a quiet cellar. Ours, for example ;-). SGP:436 – 92 points
Bitte jetzt das Interesse als konkrete Teilnahme bestätigen, wer sich noch nicht gemeldet und noch Lust hat mitzumachen, kann sich auch gerne eintragen.
Besten Gruß
Willi
das mit der schwarzen Kappe wird nichts, ca 125 Euro, mir zu teuer, macht aber nichts.
Das endgültige line up:
OA: 10 jähriger Longrow aus den ersten Batches ca. 1987, ohne Jahresangabe, beige Kappe, schmale Flasche, 46%
OA: 10 jähriger Longrow, sherry cask, ohne Jahresangabe, ca. 1989, schmale Flasche, 46%
OA: Longrow, sherry cask 1989-11.2002, 53,2%, 2350 bottles
OA: Neuer 10 jähriger Longrow Mandarin, 46%
OA: Neuer Longrow 18 years, 46%
OA: Neuer Longrow CV, 46%
Bisherige Interessenten:
applecross
ben_sherman
Zöllner
Ozzy
Brauschna
hias
guycalledfrank
islaydreamer
magic_slim
andreas_k
Leorin
Rotti
Warteliste:
Götzi
Romeowhisky
Terekest
Wenn sich noch 5 Teilnehmer zusätzlich finden, mache ich eine zweite Staffel auf.
Preis für 6 x 50 ml inkl. Flaschen, Verpackung und Versand ist 40 Euro, günstiger geht es wirklich nicht.
Der Longrow 18 y ist preislich etwas stressig.
Serges Eindrücke, wobei ich nicht glaube, dass die Vorab-Samples und die Flaschen-Abfüllungen übereinstimmen, ein alter Trick, die Vorkoster bekommen eine getunte Version, ich lasse mich aber gerne positiv überraschen:
Longrow CV (46%, OB, 2008)Like the older Springbank CV, this one is a vatting of various ages, CV meaning Curriculum Vitae (and not Chairman’s Vat). This one will be bottled right this week (tomorrow or the day after tomorrow if I’m not mistaken). Colour: straw. Nose: clean, pure and fresh at first Nosing. Smokier than expected, with rather delicate hints of mint and aniseed, then apple compote, vanilla crème and fresh butter, and finally whiffs of wet wool and a little brown coal. Neither feinty (at all), nor marked by any heavy wood treatment, which sounds like excellent news to our ears. Great nose, peatier, more ‘Islay’ than previous recent bottlings.
Mouth: very direct, very peaty and peppery, with rather big citrusy notes at the attack. Pepper and lemons plus a little vanilla fudge, orangeade, dried ginger... Gets peatier over time. Not exactly a peat monster but quite – maybe the peatiest Longrow I ever tried. Finish: long, clean, peaty, peppery, with added notes of bitter oranges and a pinch of salt. Comment: it’s amazing how a great spirit Longrow can be when it’s not masked by exuberant wood. We like this a lot and shall buy bottles when it’s out. SGP:347 – 89 points.
Longrow 18 yo (48%, OB, 2008)Advance sample. Another brand new Longrow that will be bottled this week according to the ever spirited Frank McHardy. Aren’t we all dreaming of something new, that would match the brilliant 1973s and 1974s, or the best casks from 1987? Let’s see... Colour: straw. Nose: starts boldly on cider apples, raw rhubarb and warm butter, with also notes of old walnuts, liquorice and old books (a second-hand bookshop, really.) Gets then both farmier and more ‘maritime’, with the same notes of wet wool as in the CV, wet grains, kelp, then fresh mint and moss. Pleasant mustiness, fresh mushrooms and moss. Medium peatiness. Mouth: yes, more peat and more punch on the palate than on the nose, and in that sense it’s closer to the CV. The great news is that it’s also very clean again, more directly salty, orangey, spicy (notes of dried cardamom), with an excellent ‘pepperiness’ growing bolder by the minute. Even hints of chilli (not of the ‘End of the World – Triple XXX’ category that is.) Salted smoked fish. Finish: very long, very peppery and very orangey (bitter oranges). Obligatory silly comment: please drop the Tokaj, Barolo or Whicheverwine casks and make more of this kind of pure breed (I’m sorry)! This bottle should become legendary once it has rested quite a few years in a quiet cellar. Ours, for example ;-). SGP:436 – 92 points
Bitte jetzt das Interesse als konkrete Teilnahme bestätigen, wer sich noch nicht gemeldet und noch Lust hat mitzumachen, kann sich auch gerne eintragen.
Besten Gruß
Willi
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