Another whisky tasting in the Griffins Business Lounge is coming closer and therefore I put some Longrows in a long row for my pre-tasting. The order is going from the youngest to the oldest but with the Peated, which has no age, being the most peaty of the range, I put this one at the end to avoid an overloading of the palate with too much peat in the very beginning.
After the tasting I was pretty sure about the cigar to be combined with it but I also asked the question what people would combine with it. It's interesting too see that the feedback was unisono for all answers (and it matched completely with my personal impression): Magnum 46 is a very good choice to go with it.
BTW: I saw that Serge at Whiskyfun used the same header earlier this year, but in this case it's some kinda coincidence that I also used it.... it's an obvious pun that comes along with the name of the whisky. He'd 5 whiskys, I'd 6... so who had the longer row?
BTW: I saw that Serge at Whiskyfun used the same header earlier this year, but in this case it's some kinda coincidence that I also used it.... it's an obvious pun that comes along with the name of the whisky. He'd 5 whiskys, I'd 6... so who had the longer row?
10yo.
Nose: hints of orange, lavender, honey, decent peat
Taste: pleasant sweetness (honey?), peat, fruity notes of grapefruit and orange
Aftertaste: Pepper and orange
Red, Shiraz Casks, 11yo.
Nose: Wine cellar, walnut, oak wood, decent smokiness, balsamico vinegar
Taste: tannins and grapes oviously coming from the wine, intensive peppery aroma, blood orange, ginger, wood
Aftertaste: Peppery, long and warming with a touch of peat
Rundlets & Kilderkins, 11yo.
Nose: smoke, redwine(?). pine, hints of tar
Taste: Sweet with tropical fruits, pepper, earthy, vanilla, burnt wood
Aftertaste: Smoke and tar with an intensive touch of pepper
14yo.
Nose: decent aroma of peat, cold smoke, apple, lemon
Taste: hints of sour notes, pickled cucumber(?), smoke and peat, woody aroma, getting medicinal, decent saltiness
Aftertaste: Long lasting with a mixture of smoke and some salt
18yo.
Nose: Fruitiness, soot, citrus(?), seaweed, minerally, tobacco
Taste: fruity with apple and papaya, limestone, oily, walnut, some pepper, vanilla
Aftertaste: Long with peat and ashes
Peated, no age
Nose: Decent smokiness, minerally, limestone, fresh
Taste: Hints of tropical fruits, limestone, white pepper, salt, seaweed, tobacco
Aftertaste: Long with a minerally touch and some peat