Longmorn 1978 31 Year Old Masterpieces

  • Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Speciality Drinks

70cl / 58%

Longmorn 1978 / 31 Year Old / Masterpieces

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The first in a new series of bottlings from Speciality Drinks, this fantastic 1978 Longmorn is intense and seemingly impenetrable at first, but patience and a few drops of water reveal its true nature: a fruity, nutty Masterpiece straight out of the patisserie.

Tasting Notes (2)
Facts

Facts

  • Bottler Icon

    Bottler

    Speciality Drinks

  • Series Icon

    Series

    Masterpieces

  • Age Icon

    Age

    31 Year Old

  • Vintage Icon

    Vintage

    1978

  • No of Bottles Icon

    No of Bottles

    135

  • Country Icon

    Country

    Scotland

  • Region Icon

    Region

    Speyside

  • Cask Type Icon

    Cask Type

    Bourbon

  • Colouring Icon

    Colouring

    No

Tasting Notes

Tasting Notes

  • Tasting notes by Whiskyfun (Serge Valentin)

    • Colour

      Full gold.

    • Nose

      It’s not a fruitful, exuberant Longmorn at first nosing, we’re rather more on light toffee and café latte with just a little kirsch on top of that. Coffee-Schnapps? Now, the high alcohol may block it a bit… So, with water: water unleashed grass, tea and green bananas, before it settles down on ‘ideas’ of rhum agricole and apple pie.

    • Mouth (neat)

      Oh, this is one of the zestier Longmorns ever as it starts all on lemon marmalade, lemon balm, a little peppermint and maybe a little ginger ale. Creamy mouth feel. More vanilla after that, a little mead, orange cake….

    • With water

      Perfect! Even zestier, orangey, with some pink grapefruits and hints of marshmallows. Finish: not too long but very fresh, lemony, with some ‘zesty herbs’ in the aftertaste (sorrel, coriander).

    • Comments

      Maybe this baby hasn’t got the older ones’ (1968-1972) lusciousness but it’s otherwise quite perfect. Loved the palate when diluted. SGP:651 - 89 points.

    • Comment

      Owner of the bottlers Sukhinder Singh is a fan of Longmorn, so no wonder he chose this cask for this new series called ‘Masterpieces’.

  • Tasting Notes by Tim F

    • N

      Classic bourboned Longmorn character, with fresh red apples, honey, vanilla & coconut, then very fruity with apples, sweet grapefruit, tinned pears and maybe even a hint of dried bananas. There's a nuttiness here too (brazils, hazelnuts). Water lifts some sweet pastry aromas - think pecan pie.

    • P

      Initially pretty big, dry and mouthfilling at full strength, with the nuts and the oak building a rock-solid foundation and the appley fruits making forays to the front. As the palate adjusts after a few sips, the real nature of this whisky emerges: Smoked vanilla and cocoa; exquisite honeyed fruitiness; an array of patisserie aromas; all resting on a bed of impossibly well-defined oak and warming spices. Comes over all apple pie and pink grapefruit when a few drops of water are added, with the fruits really bursting out of the glass.

    • F

      Good length; warm, with fading spices. Holds together well all the way to the death.

    • C

      Initially seems a bit foreboding, quite austere and impenetrable. Patience and a small amount of water are well rewarded as the palate blossoms. A serious whisky requiring and deserving of one's full attention.

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Reviews

  • Darius G., Lithuania,

    I had this one at The Whisky Show 2010. Despite sampling Glenfiddich 40, Dalmore 40, Glenfarclas 40 etc, this Longmorn was THE masterpiece of the Show to me!

  • bondy drinks whisky,

    nice

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