Longmorn 1974 20th Anniversary Samaroli

Longmorn 39 Year Old 1969 TWE 10th Anniversary

Oh, boy! What a dark whisky. The label says it’s a refill sherry cask. But still, so dark. Wow! Anyway, a few facts. This 39 Year Old Longmorn was bottled by Gordon & Macpahil in their CASK-range, especially for the 10th anniversary of the online retailer The Whisky Exchange. It has a cask strength of no less than 57,7%, even after almost four...

Score 92/100

Longmorn 1972 37 Years (Whisky Agency)

I tasted this alongside the Longmorn 1972/2006 for La Maison du Whisky. Nose: superb refill sherry – it shares a lot of influences with the LMdW bottling, but it’s definitely more elegant. The fruity side is bigger (mostly tangerine, banana and mango) and there are more flowery notes (violets and rosewater with some dry flowers). Big hints of...

Score 95/100

Longmorn 16 Year Old

What a bottle...Glass, paper, metal, leather, wood. What about the components inside the bottle? Non-chill filtered, 16 years in oak - sherry? bourbon? Who knows. The label does not say. It is a Speysider, so I would assume some sherry cask influence. Soft meaty rancio on the nose. I feel like this note is often in sherried whisky. It reminds me...

Score 77/100

Longmorn 16 Year Old

This is the standard bottling of Longmorn, replacing the old 15 Year Old since 2007. The nose is rife with cookies, filled with fruit. Pears and apples, primarily. Very sweet with a bit of vanilla, some marzipan, malt and slightly oaky. But still, the nose is one-dimensional, with little depth. It has a creamy mouthfeel and tastes quite spicy at...

Score 79/100