Longmorn Glenlivet 1971 Scott's Selection

Longmorn SMWS 7.65 ‘A Balm for the Soul’

So, A Longmorn with a very enticing name : “A balm for the soul”. here’s to it delivering that promise… 2nd fill Sherry butt, and I am really looking forward to this one, since my experience with Longmorns is not vast to say the least. I need to try more. And here’s this one, and I have very good memories from the last one I reviewed here. Nose: A...

Score 90/100

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 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 1996 Cask Strength

This piece has at first little aroma but the taste is full and broad taste of marzipan and vanilla. Quite light and golden at colour and is quite stingy in the corner of one’s mouth. Lots of sweets, honey and chocolate. Could this be one of my new favourites?

Score 90/100