Longrow Private Bottling Single Cask #635

Longmorn 15 Year Old

Confuse the Longmorn 15 with the Longmorn 16 at your own peril. The 15 is in a different class altogether. The Sixteen year, while competent, lacks the sophistication and balance of its slightly younger sibling. TASTING NOTES Color: Rich amber in the bottle and lighter in the glass. Nose: Strawberries and cream, balsa wood, goatskin leather,...

Score 92/100

Longmorn-Glenlivet 1971

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 from 1971. I expected them to be very similar. The color is near identical. On the nose, this is quite different from the three years younger...

Score 87/100

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 1972 / Bot.2011 / Gordon & Macphail

Day Dream My friend Bob came around and brought this bottle. He had received it a few years ago from friend for his birthday. It’s a Longmorn from his year of birth. The cask was bottled by Gordon & Macphail in their Reserve series, for the Dutch independent bottler van Wees. My god, will you look at that color. Bob was so generous to offer me...

Score 92/100