Nose: Intense honeycomb, with some aromas reminiscent of a mature dessert wine. A very syrupy, honeyed affair that develops a residual toastiness and notes of vanilla, cream soda, dough, soda farl (like a flouriness to the barley) and fresh-cut flowers. Becomes very meadowy with time, although the sweetness is also ever-present. Palate: Fine-grained oak, then the honeyed barley floods in, coming in waves alongside the woodiness. A pronounced tweediness alongside the oak, and late waxiness. Finish: Some salt and wet leaves alongside honey, beeswax, polished malt and oak. Balance: The palate isn't as sweet as the nose, with more spicy wood influence. Becomes waxy with water. - Speciality Drinks
Country:
Scotland
Region:
Speyside
Bottler:
Speciality Drinks Ltd
Series:
Single Malts of Scotland
Age:
19 years old
Vintage:
1990
Bottling Date:
Aug 2009
Strength:
54.5%
Bottle Size:
70cl
Cask Type:
Hogshead
Cask Number:
25003
Chill Filtered:
No
Bottles:
219
Tasting Notes by Whiskyfun Serge: Longmorn 19 yo 1990/2009 (54.5%, The Single Malts of Scotland, cask #25003, 219 bottles) Colour: pale gold. Nose: a fully mature Longmorn this time, obviously more complex, with more spicy herbs, herbal liqueurs, mint, a little vanilla, touches of sour apples and peaches… Quite some nutmeg and cinnamon as well. With water: gets more oriental. Green curry, cardamom, even a little incense, with also some vanilla in the background. Mouth (neat): excellent attack, full, quite complex, extremely satisfying. Perfect balance between the fruits, the resinous notes and the sweet spices. Goes on with a continuous duet between the fruits (peaches and other garden fruits) and the spices and pine resin. Really perfect. With water: purrfekt. Waxy, flinty, citrusy, spicy… And a perfect mouth feel. Finish: long, with the spices cleaning up your palate. Gingery aftertaste. Comments: top notch spirit from a top notch cask, topnotchally selected (wot?) Could also have been a northern Highlander. I may have said it before but why Pernod/Chivas don’t do much out of the Longmorn brand name remains a total mystery to this poor whisky lover. SGP:562 - 91 points.
Colour: pale gold. Nose: a fully mature Longmorn this time, obviously more complex, with more spicy herbs, herbal liqueurs, mint, a little vanilla, touches of sour apples and peaches… Quite some nutmeg and cinnamon as well. With water: gets more oriental. Green curry, cardamom, even a little incense, with also some vanilla in the background. Mouth (neat): excellent attack, full, quite complex, extremely satisfying. Perfect balance between the fruits, the resinous notes and the sweet spices. Goes on with a continuous duet between the fruits (peaches and other garden fruits) and the spices and pine resin. Really perfect. With water: purrfekt. Waxy, flinty, citrusy, spicy… And a perfect mouth feel. Finish: long, with the spices cleaning up your palate. Gingery aftertaste. Comments: top notch spirit from a top notch cask, topnotchally selected (wot?) Could also have been a northern Highlander. I may have said it before but why Pernod/Chivas don’t do much out of the Longmorn brand name remains a total mystery to this poor whisky lover. 
