Longmorn 9 Year Old 2002 Provenance Douglas Laing

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 15 Year Old

A treasured position of mine, I was surprised at how much was left in the bottle. I wish I’d bought more before it was discontinued, although I’ve yet to try the 16 year old, put off by the consistently poor reviews (at least compared to this). The spirit is amber in colour and has a pleasing glass coating viscosity. The aromas are mainly sweet...

Score 94/100

Longmorn SMWS 7.65 - A Balm for the Soul

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottled this 21 Year Old Longmorn at cask strength, from a refill sherry butt, that was put to sleep in December 1989. The description says A Balm for the Soul. That sounds very promising, indeed. The nose is amazingly complex and inviting. Nuts, both roasted and sugared, fresh figs, all of this doused in something...

Score 90/100

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