Longmorn 1973 Sherry Cask Gordon & Macphail Cask Strength Collection

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 20 Year Old Adelphi 1992 Cask #48432

This is a translation of one of my German reviews and dates back to Autumn 2012 when I attended a tasting with the guys from Adelphi. At the first sniff there are fresh cut flowers. The alcohol is coming through quite sharp - mellowing with water and turning into lemongrass and citrus notes. On the palate there is much more going on. Sweeter now....

Score 85/100

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 23 Year Old 1983 Daily Dram

Longmorn can be found in the heart of Speyside, a stone’s throw away from BenRiach. They even share warehouses to spread the risk in case of a fire. Today, the distillery is owned by Pernod-Ricard and produces around 3.5 million liters of spirit per annum. Since 2007 the 16 Year Old is their flagship malt. We, however, will be trying an...

Score 86/100