Longmorn-Glenlivet 1971 Scott's Selection

Longmorn 1971

The label says Longmorn-Glenlivet and the typical red shield with the letters LDG is present. It was distilled in 1971 and bottled at the age of 30 by Gordon & Macphail, the famous independent bottler from Elgin. The color is a fantastic brown, like cough syrup. I taste it H2H with a 33 Year Old from the same year and the same bottler. The...

Score 87/100

Longmorn 16 Year Old

This is my first Longmorn. Giving the fact that not a lot of longmorn official bottling exist, it is not a surprise. What was a surprise is how distinct this speysider was. First sniff...alcohol, this thing is "only" 48%. I say only because I have cask strength whisky that do not hurt the nose as this dram does. When used to it, apple...

Score 85/100

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 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