Longmorn 1969 TWE 10th Anniversary Tasting Notes and Ratings.

Longmorn 1969 TWE 10th Anniversary

Added on Wednesday, Jun 2, 2010 at 08:48 PM

Bottler:

Gordon & MacPhail

Age:	39 yrs	Type:	Scotch
Vintage:	1969	Subtype:	Single Malt
ABV:	57.70 %	Region:	Speyside
Price:	$255	Availability:	Overseas Specialty

Bottled for The Whisky Exchange's 10th anniversary online.

Distilled 06/11/1969 Bottled 01/10/2009 Refill Sherry Butt Cask no. 5305

Member Ratings and Notes

Chris

This is a huge sherry bomb, but not overly sweet. I caught a lot of Asian food notes, like fatty Peking duck with soy and plum sauce. Interestingly, soy sauce is actually made by fermenting soybeans with roasted grain, water, and salt, so it's not so surprising to find some common flavors there. Not sure why those notes seem to emerge in very old sherry cask whiskies, but who cares, I love it.

I think Longmorn surely deserves higher ranking on Serge's Cru List, its got the DNA to become really special with the right cask and may years of aging.

Sku

Nose: oak, fruit, candy.

Palate: fruit, sherry, citrus; water brings out the sherry.

Lovely, my favorite of the Whisky Exchange Anniversary bottlings.

Adam

Nose: sherry city. Palate: sherry city!! Huge, with steak spices. Finish: still in the city. Cayenne and dried red pepper emerges. This takes water extremely well and I prefer it that way. A little flat to make it to A-, but this is great whisky.

Dave

Love the nose of cough syrup and prunes - wood resin and excellent deep sherry. Pallate is harsher than expected. Very resinous and rubbery leather. Water brings it down to earth with coca cola notes and maybe too much wood esin. Finish is longer than long. The nose says this would be a solid A for me but I think maybe it spent a few too many years in the wood. Almost an A-

Andy

Old wood + mulling spices + intense sugar snack.

Super sweeeeeet finish. Old leather

retaste: vegas 2011

n: Root beer candy, nice

p: Sweetness then dandelion. Condensed plum. Root beer barrel candy. A-/A

Rob

Rum, high alcohol content, deep, rich, sweet.

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