Longmorn 1990 24 Year Old Single Malts of Scotland

Tasting notes by Serge Valentin, Whiskyfun.com

• Colour

  Light gold.

• Nose

  What a distillate. It’s a whole, and yet it swarms with all kinds of tiny fruity and oily aromas and fragrances. Kiwis, apples, sunflower oil, putty, gooseberries, shortbread, brioche, barley, leaves… You have to give it your attention, or you may miss many of them, but it rewards you.

• With water

  Gets farmier, around hay. Fruit peelings, pollen….

• Mouth (neat)

  Perfect malt whisky. No sherry, no peat; malt. And brioche, croissants, butterscotch, lemons, oranges, honey, buttered tea, sweet earth… Yeah, it’s the centre of the malty Earth.

• With water

  What we’re usually expecting from unsherried Longmorn: a fruit salad dressed with honey sauce.

• Finish

  Medium, with a touch of American oak.

• Comments

  A shame that I haven’t got the 19 at hand, but I think that one was a bit brighter. Anyway, perfect malt whisky for malt freaks who’re not into artificial flavouring.

• SGP

  551 - 89 points.