Longrow 12-year-old

Name: Longrow 12-year-old
Brand: Longrow
SKU: 71395
Rating: 87.12 (382 reviews)

Overall rating: 87.12/100
votes: 382

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Springbank
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: Red
Bottled: 20.08.2015
Stated Age: 12 years old
Casktype: 11 yrs Bourbon + 1 yr NZ Pinot Noir Casks
Number of bottles: 9000
Strength: 52.9 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Label: Limited Edition
Bottle code: 15/359
Barcode: 810854001438
Added on: 26 Aug 2015 11:20 pm by bert61nl

Average value

€ 98.51

Found 6 online shops. Lowest price:

€ 120.00

	Buy in the Market	€ 129.00

	Buy in the Market	£ 130.00

	Buy in the Market	€ 139.00

	Buy in the Market	€ 149.00

	Buy in the Market	€ 149.00

Create a free Whiskybase account to view 1 additional offers and compare bottle prices of sellers all over the world
Create free account

89 × in wishlist

382 × member ratings

934 × in collection

Whisky Reviews for Longrow 12-year-old

74 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 87.12 points

Archer scored this whisky 88 points
29 Dec 2019 11:06 pm
The last time I had it was in October 2015. Back then I was very pleased with it, but I still like it very much, but unfortunately it doesn't trigger the enthusiasm I felt back then. However, the Pinot Noir barrel gets through well without overly covering the character of the distillery.

Nose

87 87

Taste

88 88

Finish

86 86
pianoman scored this whisky 81 points
22 Apr 2018 9:34 pm
Nose

Starts closed. Remote campfire smoke, oatmeal, lemon cake. Clay, damp sand. Chamomile, lilac.

Taste

At first surprisingly soft. Apple pie, lemon drops, then a little sharper. Slight sticky sweetness. Cornflakes. At the end a bit thin.
Mascht scored this whisky 88 points
24 Jan 2018 10:34 pm
the much finer and more subtle brother of RED 13yo Malbec; taste both equally good

Nose

Dirty peat smoke, marzipan, caramel, red fruits and some bacon

Taste

fine, creamy, delicate oak, cowshed, sweet, mineral and maritime

Finish

very long, sweet as a liqueur
schero scored this whisky 88 points
09 Jan 2018 11:00 pm
A very delicious longrow RED. Certainly not the best in terms of complexity, but that does not matter.

Nose

Typical mineral with as expected a bit more smoke than a Springbank has, including sweet red fruits, sweet orange peel, vinous, boiled strawberries, blazing log fire

Taste

Sweet red fruits, light and mineral smoke, the sweetness dominates first, then it is pepperier, burnt strawberry jam, creamy

Finish

Pleasant and mineral oak bitterness, again the smoke is only slightly noticeable, chocolate with red fruits
dram_on scored this whisky 83 points
22 Sep 2017 12:10 pm

I can see the love for the whole Red series with this one, but the red wine influence wasn't strong enough for me. Maybe an extra year of finishing would have helped?
recursiewhisky scored this whisky 81 points
31 May 2016 6:48 am
Tasted blind at the PO 2016.

For me this is quite a nice whisky and a somewhat successful red wine finish. It’s not superb or so, but then again it’s one of the best red wine cask finishes I tasted. This must be due to the great starting point of Springbank distilled Longrow and the smokiness of that distillate. The taste has a bit of a sweet and sour feel to it that makes it almost fizzy

All in all not bad for a red wine cask matured (finished) single malt.

Nose

A rich and sweet whisky with aromas of butter, caramel, soft smoke, vinegar (white balsamic), coumarin, vanilla, berries (strawberries, blackcurrant), banana, old books, beeswax, honey, floral tones (dandelions), hay, grass, charred oak, fudge, cake, milk chocolate, rum raisins, cardboard, apricots, subtle sulfur and soft oak.

Taste

A powerful, sweet/sour and fresh whisky with aromas of green apple, wine vinegar, tannins, pear, pepper, minerals, chili pepper, fatty smoke, cedar wood, subtle honey, vanilla, caramel, hay, straw, damp leaves, hemp rope, dried flowers, cardboard, grape seeds, cherries, fudge, red fruits, berries, apricots, subtle brine, saw dust and spicy oak.

Finish

A long and dry finish with aromas of stronger smoke, apple peels, vanilla, tannins, grape seeds, minerals, licorice root and oak.
alex..w..fan scored this whisky 82 points
12 Dec 2015 10:16 am

Note by Serge Valentin from whiskyfun.com:

Longrow 12 yo 'Red' (52.9%, OB, Pinot Noir, 9000 bottles, 2015) 11 years in bourbon wood (aahhh), 1 year in Pinot Noir (heeey?) Seriously, I’m not a fan of red-wine-finished peaters, but while I almost hated the cab (WF 70), the shiraz (WF 79) and the Port (WF 78) have been a little more to my liking. I love pinot noir, but maybe not in my whisky, let’s see… Oh and it’s not even Burgundy or Alsace pinot noir, it’s a Kiwi. Colour: salmony/apricoty. Nose: wait, this seems to work, more or less. Sulphur, blackcurrant buds, floor cloth (typical pinot noir), ham, bananas, then cakes, strawberry jam… I don’t find this particularly unbalanced, mind you. With water: dust, old wine cellar, all things musty, old bookshop in a small northern village (wot?)… It’s not unpleasant, it’s just peculiar. The strawberries have vanished – all for the better. Mouth (neat): rather more difficult. Stems and leaves plus lime and Haribo’s strawberry gums, British strawberry-flavoured yoghurt, a feeling of cheapish champagne rosé, with a gingery fizziness… It’s a fine drink, just not very ‘whisky’ in my book. So far. With water: starts to pitch and toss, so to speak. Old leaves, salt, old brine, dust… Finish: long, smokier again, void of any fruitiness. Comments: oh, why not? But you know, grape and grain… (not talking about sherry, Madeira, and other such wines). SGP:465 - 78 points.
Mannix65 scored this whisky 87 points
22 Oct 2015 11:55 pm
The predecessor REDs were much more complex, he could have ripened longer in the wine barrel, I have the impression as if there were a fog over the red fruits, which therefore do not want to release their full aroma

Nose

Cold smoke, raspberry jam, smell of a used empty red wine barrel, redcurrants, blood orange, red groats, if I hear some iodine in the background, could generally be more intense

Taste

Strawberry, raspberry jam, red currant jelly, all from a used ashtray tasted, later nuances of sour cherry and rhubarb

Finish

Very dry and tasty, again the raspberry
Mannix65 scored this whisky 87 points
22 Oct 2015 11:34 pm
- Nose
  
  87 87
- Taste
  
  88 88
- Finish
  
  86 86
funtik1975 scored this whisky 88 points
04 May 2020 5:08 pm
Nose

89 89

Taste

88 88

Finish

87 87

Tastingtags

Add tasting tags by clicking the flavours you recognized in this whisky.

Whiskybase

Whiskybase is founded in 2007 with the goal to create the biggest resource of whisky information in the world. A community driven website built by and for whisky enthusiasts.

Whiskybase B.V.
Zwaanshals 530
3035 KS Rotterdam
The Netherlands

KVK: 52072819
VAT: NL850288836B01