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| Hello, that is one in all our (virtually) every day tastings. Santé! |
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April 18, 2024
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A number of Longmorn, vertically
As an example 4 of them, does that swimsuit you? It is a top-notch distillate, everybody is aware of that…
Longmorn’s superior outdated steam engine (Chris Allen, Geograph)
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Longmorn 2005/2022 (62.3%, Or Sileis Taiwan, 1st fill sherry butt, cask #18072, 619 bottles) 
You may’t miss it, there is a slightly spectacular dragon on the label. Color: mahogany/espresso. Nostril: deeply chocolatey, with prunes and armagnac, and a touch of gunpowder, however let’s not bounce to hasty conclusions. With water: a profusion of toffee, grilled steak, barbecue sauce, hoisin too, mole sauce (chocolate), a drop of Worcestershire sauce, one other of aged balsamic… It actually recollects the outdated, very sherried Longmorn from G&M’s. Mouth (neat): it is richly textured, however a tiny tad overpowering. Think about hoisin sauce blended with chestnut honey and really moist pipe tobacco. With water: extra on tangerine, orange marmalade, peppermint, rancio, aged Pedro Ximénez… It’s extremely conventional. End: lengthy, chocolatey, fairly ‘brandy-ish’. Toffee and marmalade linger within the aftertaste, with a contact of tar and liquorice. Feedback: very, very conventional. Happy to see the continuation of crafting true sherry monsters.
SGP:652 – 88 factors. |
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Longmorn 25 yo 1998/2023 (53.7%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Selection, Kirsch unique, Germany, 1st fill sherry hogshead, cask #20600101) 
Our German mates love their sherried malts and their malts sherried, {that a} truth. Color: full amber. Nostril: it is closely on tangerine, cinchona, fir honey, ferns and mushrooms, but in addition boot polish and asparagus cream. Odd mixture, I do know. It then veers more and more in direction of beef broth, gravy, barbecue sauce… With water: it shifts to basalt, slag, spent matches, black truffle… Mouth (neat): it is gentler at first, however balsamico and crushed pepper shortly take over. Like Jägermeister, but with out a gram of sugar. With water: the return of oranges, pepper, cinchona, bell pepper… End: lengthy, sharper, a bit vinegary. And this notion of sugarless Jäger… And myrtle. Feedback: actually an adventurer, not straightforward to trace. Beware, it would seize your full consideration, even in case you’re in entrance of a 36-episode North Korean sequence on Netflix.
SGP:472 – 85 factors. |
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Longmorn 16 yo 1997/2013 (48.5%, Sansibar, sherry cask, 143 bottles)
It was in all probability time we tasted this child. Color: straw. Nostril: it is from a sherry cask however bears no resemblance to the 2 behemoths we have simply sampled. It is far more harking back to Clynelish, with wax, ripe apples, melon, roasted chestnuts, jujubes, bamboo shoots, a touch of turmeric… Mouth: superb, very fruity, with melon and lemon, a bit of untamed mint, verbena, grapefruit… The sherry is in no way evident. There’s even a slight medicinal and peaty side, as if it got here from an outdated Laphroaig barrel, which I strongly doubt. End: medium in size, however waxy and fairly mineral. Candied citrus notes seem proper on the finish. Feedback: in abstract, a Longmorn that is not very Longmorn. However superb…
SGP:562 – 86 factors. |
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Longmorn 30 yo 1993/2024 ‘Misplaced in Time’ (54.4%, OB for The Whisky Change, 2nd fill hogshead, cask #56087, 180 bottles) 
I actually consider that this new ‘slightly all in regards to the distillate’ sequence could be very good (if a tiny-wee tad dear, however not even positive about that and who’s counting anyway?) We’re a bit bored with first fill stuff and new woods, aren’t we? Is not it time to place, nicely, time again onto the pedestal? So is not this slightly counter-culture malt whisky by right now’s requirements? Hippy drops? Slightly Janis and Jimi? Color: mild gold. Nostril: I am reminded of their new Braevals. That is some assertion. Apples and plums, ales and gueuzes, peaches and apricots, then brioches and macaroons, yellow melons, some very delicate vanilla, slightly barley syrup… With water: simply good pure apple juice with drops of barley syrup. Mouth (neat): exceptionally fruity, neat, ultra-clean, simply on barley syrup, apples, plums and oranges. Actually a press release, as this might have been a (good) twelve-years-old simply as nicely, IMHO. Forgot to say white clover flowers – that claims rather a lot, you will not discover them in a 12. With water: complete, easy, barley-y fruity purity. End: slightly lengthy, with many extra small fruits, together with white berries, small plums, and only a dollop of prairie honey. Feedback: virtually a seasoned hard-rock band lastly taking part in unplugged – and wonderful the world. A press release certainly.
SGP:651 – 90 factors. |
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However why specify the color of a whisky? |
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I am typically advised it is mindless to notice down the color of a spirit in our information, since caramel is commonly added earlier than bottling, rendering phrases like ‘deep gold’ or ‘mahogany’ meaningless. I get that, however I usually reply that whereas the truth that a Toyota is painted turquoise would not change its roadworthiness, it is nonetheless “a turquoise Toyota”. In essence, the color is solely a descriptive characteristic, attribute of all spirits, however it would not essentially outline their high quality or, in some instances, their model or age. Nonetheless, this very outdated Speyside, wealthy in paxarette, is certainly ‘mahogany’ in color, whereas this very younger Highlander, bolstered with purple wine, is certainly ‘rosé gold’. See what I imply?
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