Longmorn 1973 31 Year Old Duncan Taylor

Longmorn 16 Year Old 1996 Duncan Taylor Octave

The smaller the cask, the more intense the interation between the wood and the spirit. Logical. Duncan Taylor put this to the test with the The Octave Cask series. After a regular maturating in butts, they recasked the whisky in octaves, casks that are only one eight of the size of the butts. Duncan Taylor claims the whisky get a greater deapth...

Score 83/100

Longmorn 1972 GM for LMdW, cask 1088

This Longmorn was put to sleep on a sherry cask as the color immediately points out. It was probably a first fill oloroso cask. It’s 34 years old when it’s bottled by independent bottler Gordon & Macphail for the reknowned French whiskyshop La Maison du Whisky. The outturn of this single cask, number 1088, was 607 bottles. The nose is a deep...

Score 91/100

Longmorn 15 Year Old

Confuse the Longmorn 15 with the Longmorn 16 at your own peril. The 15 is in a different class altogether. The Sixteen year, while competent, lacks the sophistication and balance of its slightly younger sibling. TASTING NOTES Color: Rich amber in the bottle and lighter in the glass. Nose: Strawberries and cream, balsa wood, goatskin leather,...

Score 92/100

Longmorn 15 Year Old

This whisky is overrated in my opinion. You don't see many reviews of it any longer, but I was fairly unimpressed by it; then again, I'm not a huge Speyside drinker. Nose: Floral and fruity overtones mix with mellow oak and some pleasant grain-driven esoterica. Mouth: Honey, nougat, toasted barley, English muffin toast, alcohol flair, pasture...

Score 88/100