Oooh! Longmorn. For some reason this got me excited. There are many great Longmorns around, although they usually are from a couple of years (or decades) before I was born. This one is from 1990, so not quite that old, but we’ll see where it takes us!
Nose:
Slightly smoky is my first thought. Odd, but nice… Quite complex with bread, cereal and banana. Also a slight hint of liquorice.
Taste:
Again liquorice but with fruit. Orange, vanilla, with a sweet full flavour. Slightly spicy.
Finish:
Again, rather sweet and not really long. It fades quickly and doesn’t do much for me, flavourwise.
Meh. Not such a great one. I liked the start of a slightly smoky haze, but now I’m thinking my glass might not have been clean enough š Its called ‘Mandarin dreams and marmalade heaven’, but I can’t make anything of that. Its not a bad whisky, but it simply doesn’t get me jiggy.
SMWS 7.58, Mandarin dreams and marmalade heaven, Longmorn, 19 years old, 51.4%, February 1990 to 2010. Available at ā¬96 per bottle.
Nose: 5
Taste: 4
Finish: 3
Overal experience: 4
Price/quality: -1
Total: 15 points
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