Longmorn 1990 Golden Cask

Longmorn 46 Year Old 1964 Gordon & Macphail Reserve

After Bob’s taste bomb (Longmorn 1972) another pal – Jonas – offered me an even older Longmorn, also bottled for van Wees by Gordon & Macphail in their so-called Reserve series. This Longmorn from 1964 matured for a whopping 46 long years in the same type of cask – 1st Fill Sherry – and thus has the same compelling color. Let’s party on! Very...

Score 91/100

Longmorn 9 Year Old 2010 Hart Brothers

This Longmorn was bottled last year by Hart Brothers. It’s a young malt, at cask strength, that was finished on a Marsala wine cask. The nose is pretty shy. It takes a while before it offers some strawberry and melon, sprinkled with icing sugar and wet wood. Becomes sweeter after it has breathed somewhat. So sweet in fact, that it turns a bit...

Score 84/100

Longmorn 36 Year Old 1975 Malts of Scotland

Malts of Scotland has already 5 casks of Longmorn under their belt. This was one of the first they ever bottled, now some three years ago. This bourbon cask yielded 122 bottles after 36 long years of maturation. It was distilled in March 1975 and bottled in May 2011. Very fruit and ‘yellow’ nose, if you get my meaning. Reminds me somewhat of...

Score 86/100

Longmorn 15 Year Old

Do you know where Bulgaria is? That's right, folks, it is in Southeastern Europe. A former communist country. A relatively poor one as well. The Great Powers' whipping boy of the past. Some say, an underdeveloped country. Maybe these folks are eventually right from their own high chairs. And do you know what one of the best parts of being born...

Score 96/100