Longmorn 1972 GM for LMdW, cask 1088

This Longmorn was put to sleep on a sherry cask as the color immediately points out. It was probably a first fill oloroso cask. It’s 34 years old when it’s bottled by independent bottler Gordon & Macphail for the reknowned French whiskyshop La Maison du Whisky. The outturn of this single cask, number 1088, was 607 bottles.

The nose is a deep sherry, meaning that it’s sweet, sour and bitter at the same time. Quite a balancing trick, mind you. I get red fruit, berries, overripe mango, banana, dried apricots and so forth. Truly great nose. Add a bit of smoke, a leather saddle and some meaty tones (raw steak, minced meat and broth) and you have a very complex and exceptional nose.

Oh, my! This one is truly oily with a fantastic attack of oak and smoke, before the cherry licquorice and bitter chocolate (Mon Cherie, anyone?) move over to allow Tukish delight and nuts to reveal themselves. But it’s not over yet. The taste is truly elegant, you might want to sit down. It keeps evolving to end with a fantastical salty note.

The finish is wonderfully long, slighty bitter and drying.

As ‘regular’ as the official 16 Year Old is, so exceptional and complex is this one. An absolutely stunningly good whisky – unfortunately hard to find, unless you know someone that can provide you with a sample.

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