Longmorn 1964 GM Celtic Series - The Book of Kells
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Longmorn |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1964 |
| Bottled Year | 2010 |
| Age | 46년 |
| Cask Type | 1st Fill Sherry Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 51.3% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
deep mahogany
air Nose
what’s funny is that we aren’t really that far away from the 1974. It’s still this same immense and layered density of exotic fruits, hardwoods, the most beautiful of dark chocolates and a myriad matrix of spices, game meats, earthy complexity, tobaccos and leather. Also endless amounts of salty, meaty and herbal broths and infusions. You might also add one or two litres of the greatest and saltiest VORS oloroso to the melting pot while you’re at it. This is just total gooey exquisiteness. Probably a little easier and more direct than the 1974 but then it’s also more obviously older and more concentrated on these singular fruity, spice and chocolate characteristics. With water: very focused on espresso, bitter chocolate and herbal extracts now. Verbena, wormwood, anthracite and smoked olives
restaurant Palate
some superbly grippy and peppery tannin at first, cured meats, biltong, hessian, fruity black coffee, plum sauce and five spice. There’s also this ever-present undercurrent of dried exotic fruits. Papaya, mango, passionfruit and guava, all dried out and leathery. You feel the wood in all its spicy heft but it always remains at its bright meridian point and never quite crests into gum-tiring stickiness. With water: still walking this rather heart-stopping tightrope between tannin, dried exotic fruits, ancient cognac and bitter chocolate. The sherry component remains salty, fat, leathery, beefy and totally stunning!
timer Finish
long, tarry, peppery, leathery, densely earthy with these obese, fudgey, gummy dark and exotic fruits
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