Longmorn 1973 GM Cask Strength
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Longmorn |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1973 |
| Bottled Year | 2003 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | 1st Fill Sherry Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 55.7% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
gold (slightly darker than the 1973)
air Nose
it is from a bourbon cask, yet I get something like sherry at first nosing, which sometimes happens. Other than that, I’d say it’s a slightly rougher and oakier version. We have the same expressive fruitiness (maybe a tad more on oranges here), yellow flowers, various honeys, quite some vanilla… And then, as said, the oak with it’s spicy cortege (cinnamon, nutmeg, white pepper, hints of cloves). Classic but I feel maybe it’s got a little more to tell us, let’s ad a few drops of water to it. Right, it got more complex indeed, with added notes of rosewood, pear skin, leather, even a little pine resin. Fab
restaurant Palate
just great now! Perfect balance between the usual huge fruitiness and the oak (and the spices). Ripe gooseberries, butter pears, papayas and melons mixed with ginger, pepper and cloves. Just excellent. With water it got added notes of various herbal teas (I get mostly hawthorn and rosehip)
timer Finish
longer than the 1973’s, probably thanks to the oak. Even better and anything but tired at 31 years of age. One of the winners of The Whisky Fair’s latest batch of bottlings I think – this is why we’re into whisky. 92 points. Longmorn 1973/2003 (55.8%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Cask Collection’, cask #3240) From a first fill sherry hogshead
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