Longrow 2002 17 YO Single Cask for Fourcroy
Longrow 2002 17 YO Single Cask for Fourcroy, 49.4 %
Distilled February 2002, matured in a single fresh ex-sherry hogshead, and bottled November 2019. The cask yielded a total of 264 bottles.
Not much else to tell really, except reveal my tasting notes.
Nose: Sweet, (funky) home Campbeltown! Dirty chocolate covered in sweet ashes and enveloped in a cloud of fruity smoke. Dirty orchard fruits as well. And wellies. And creamy vanilla and of course deep, warm, dark and rich sherry notes.
Taste: Full bodied, sweet, fruity and most definitely peaty. Oily and rich. Black and white pepper. Soot. Wood smoke. Leather and dirty oranges.
Finish: Long finish. Sugary sweet and dirty all the way. Engine oil, brine, malt, creamy vanilla, ripe fruit - all haphazardly thrown together, yet it works, and it does make a lot of sense to my senses.
Comment: This is pure (funky) class. Love it!
Score 90/100
Massive shout out to John Fredrik for the generous sample!
Sláinte!
-Thomas