Longmorn reviews

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, esp…

This is (bar the Carn Mor Vintage Collection release) the youngest Longmorn I’ve tried so far. It matured for 14 years on a bourbon cask that yielded 304 bottles. It is very pale, which makes me wonder…

This Longmorn was also bottled by Gordon & Macphail – albeit at 40% instead of 43%, as was the 30 Year Old – and taken from refill sherry casks. Both bottled look very much the same and the spirit is…

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…

Box: Awesome magnetic clasp for top-hinged door lid. Bottle had leather binding on bottom half. Cool.Nose: Fresh poundcake. Slight tang or bite. ?Palate: Oak, honey. Well-balanced sweetness. Boatshed on…

Nose: Nice and fresh and green. Green grass and herbal notes.Taste: Bits of citrus and grassy.Finish: Long, dry and a bit of spice.

Nose, Taste, Finish and Balance are graded out of 2.5 each:Nose: A wave of honey and apple-smoke hits the nose upon first approach. A second visit reveals layers of juicy burnt raisin and malty oak.…

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 & Macp…

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…

A long morn is often what I've ended up with after opening a bottle of whisky - either in the good sense of going to bed as the sun comes up, or in the less fair sense of wishing I could go back to bed…