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LONGMORN 1971
Single Malt, Scotland / Speyside, 70cl, Ref: 15167
- Description
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Product details
- Type / Subtype : Whisky / Single Malt
- Brand / Distillery : Longmorn
- Country / Region : Scotland / Speyside
- Merchant : Gordon & Macphail
- Line : Rare Vintage
- Strength :
- Volume : 70cl
- Vintage : 1971 Vintage
- Peated : Unpeated
- Gift box : Case
- SKU : 15167
Tasting note
- Appearance : ambre à reflets dorés.
- Nose : doux et fruits, sur les raisins secs et le sherry avec une pointe herbacée de menthol, de fleurs et de menthe poivrée. L'ajout d'eau fait ressortir son côté résineux.
- Palate : moelleuse et généreuse, intensément marquée par le vin de xérès et le menthol avec des notes intenses de chocolat noir. Plus fumée à la dilution.
- Overall : longue, subtile, boisée et fumée.
- The brand
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The brand
Although Longmorn does not enjoy the same “touristic renown” as its counterpart Strathisla, the quality of its malt whisky makes up for this. Both are owned by Pernod Ricard and are essential components in the Chivas blend, although Longmorn has a more unique and naturally fruity, gourmet character, which lends itself to bourbon or sherry cask ageing.
Merchant
This independent bottler is without a doubt one of the most highly acclaimed in Scotland. It stands out, not for its age (though it is the oldest independent bottler in Scotland), but for its complete mastery of cask ageing. Gordon & MacPhail is the only bottler to have its own casks - carefully chosen for the purpose - filled by the distilleries themselves, instead of simply buying the ones suggested to them by the latter. This allows it to determine, in advance and with great precision, exactly how many years a whisky will need to reach ideal maturation.
The line
As its name suggests, the Rare Vintage range is quite simply a collection of rare, old vintages, and includes a substantial number of Gordon & MacPhail’s most sought-after single malts. Closely linked to the Distillery Labels range (the Rare Vintage bottlings also served as semi-official releases for several distilleries which had not had any proper official releases on the market for quite some time), the Rare Vintage bottles are to a large extent responsible for this historic specialist’s reputation.
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