Campbeltown Loch is the identify of the blended malt produced by J&A Mitchell, the homeowners of Springbank distillery. Completely different variations exist, a few of that are blends, whereas others are blended malts, and a few include an age assertion. I attempted Campbeltown Loch 21 Years a while in the past.
The 2022 model we’re attempting at present (in truth bottled on the finish of 2021) is a NAS composition manufactured from 100% Scotch malt whiskies, extra exactly of Campbeltown’s 5 single malts: Springbank, Hazelburn and Longrow, along with Glen Scotia and Kilkerran.
Campbeltown Loch (46%, OB 2021, blended malt)
Nostril: one thing from each distillery certainly. There’s a relatively spherical core of apples and peaches, lemon peel and floral honey, pimped with refined mineral notes and moist chalk. Mild waxy touches and a wee mentholated observe. Fairly harmonious, it’s definitely much less funky than most of those single malts.
Mouth: pretty oily and actually mineral, with chalk standing out, in addition to a light-weight bitter fringe of grapefruit. Then it turns into relatively grassy and grainy, as if there was a small portion of grain whisky inside. White pepper, mint, moist limestone and delicate heathery peat. It’s fairly bare and a tad austere, however a pleasant composition.
End: good size, with extra coastal minerals and a light-weight metallic observe.
It’s good to see Campbeltown Loch return. Whereas I discover this model a tad austere, it gives a price-conscious, characterful introduction to this distinctive whisky area. Particularly Glen Scotia is leaving an enormous footprint, I’d say. The unique worth is round € 40-50 – fairly good worth – however even that is already susceptible to hypothesis, reducing its attraction to those that really drink whisky. Out there from OGWhisky as an illustration, with a markup.
