Barolo

Whisky Meets Wine in Longrow's Gaja Barolo Bottling

Filed under: Spirits

We admit we've never been troubled by the dilemma of choosing between Scotch and wine - we just have both. Usually not in the same glass, however; until a bottle of Longrow Gaja Barolo showed up. The 7-year-old single malt from Springbank, one of Scotland's most renowned distilling dynasties, is matured in bourbon casks for five years then finished for a year-and-a-half in Barolo wine casks from Angelo Gaja's famed vineyard in Piemonte, founded in 1859.

Trying this experiment with a heavily peated Campbeltown malt like Longrow might seem counterintuitive, but in fact the smokiness keeps the spirit from being overpowered by the grape. The confluence of flavors is nothing short of symphonic, plus at 111.6-proof it packs all the authentic muscle of a cask strength bottling. Definitely one the very best single malts we've tasted since the last time we were actually in Scotland.

[via Men.Style]

Gallery: Longrow & Gaja

Tags: Barolo, Campbeltown, Gaja, Italy, Scotch whisky, ScotchWhisky, Scotland, Single malt, SingleMalt, Wine

Lorraine Bracco Wines

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wine

Sopranos actress Lorraine Bracco is yet another celebrity winemaker. Bracco's wines are are available in the New York tri-state area this spring and will be available nationwide in the fall. Her wines include eight different varietals (Barolo, Amarone Classico, Chianti Classico, Chianti Classico Riserva, Montepulciano, Pinot Grigio, Brunello Di Montalcino and Primitivo) chosen from various Italian producers that she picked out herself. Bracco isn't involved in wine production yet but according to an interview in Wine Spectator posted on Avenue Vine, she would like to be. On her website it says that she is interested in purchasing her own vineyards.

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Tags: barolo, bracco wines, Italian wine, lorraine bracco