92 Whiskyfun points for this fantastic 1973 Longmorn bottled at 55.7% by G&M in the CASK series.
Distillery's Character
Tasting notes
Lion's | 17-10-2013
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Colour: coffee.
Nose: punchy, starting on a mixture of dried fruits (bananas, figs and dates) and developing on coffee and chocolate. Lots of oloroso. A very pleasant smokiness. Goes on with whiffs of hot pecan pie and even more sherry (a heavy one but the whisky isn’t heavy at all). Also raspberry jam and then ultra-bold notes of ginger and liquorice. Water makes it a little more sophisticated – and smokier!
Mouth: punchy, with an immense sherry and litres of strawberry jam. Also liquid caramel, burnt caramel… What a rich and concentrated whisky! It’s maybe a little hard to enjoy without water, that is. With water: it gets more on honey, nougat and praline.
Finish: long, on caramel and raisins. Really fantastic but it needs one or three drops of water. 92 points.
From whisky fun.com
Colour: coffee.
Nose: punchy, starting on a mixture of dried fruits (bananas, figs and dates) and developing on coffee and chocolate. Lots of oloroso. A very pleasant smokiness. Goes on with whiffs of hot pecan pie and even more sherry (a heavy one but the whisky isn’t heavy at all). Also raspberry jam and then ultra-bold notes of ginger and liquorice. Water makes it a little more sophisticated – and smokier!
Mouth: punchy, with an immense sherry and litres of strawberry jam. Also liquid caramel, burnt caramel… What a rich and concentrated whisky! It’s maybe a little hard to enjoy without water, that is. With water: it gets more on honey, nougat and praline.
Finish: long, on caramel and raisins. Really fantastic but it needs one or three drops of water. 92 points.