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| Hi, this is one of our (almost) daily tastings. Santé! |
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March 11, 2019 |
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The Time Warp Sessions,
today middle-aged Longmorn |
Sometimes it’s good to do just wee pairs. Shorter, sweeter, but not always easier as there’s no real warming-up occurring… |
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Longmorn 25 yo 1992/2018 (52.6%, Douglas Laing, Xtra Old Particular, refill hogshead, cask #12395, 208 bottles) 
There’s already been many 1992s by the indies and most were beautifully fruity. Plus, with this kind of distillate, the word ‘refill’ always rings good to my ears. Colour: gold. Nose: chalky apples and lemons, that’s what I get at first nosing. Also damp raw wool, fresh plaster, crushed aspirin tablets, green pears, green plums, grapefruits, concrete… In short it's a very vertical, or almost binary malt. As I said, chalk and apples. With water: works extremely well, getting more complex. Earthy teas, a touch of umami, even sake, natural white wine (whatever the grapes)… Mouth (neat): totally in line, plus ginger, turmeric and artichoke. So yes, chalk and apples, concrete and grapefruits, plaster and greengages, and pepper. With water: touches of cinchona, Aperol (joking), ginger, more chalk, white pepper, grapefruit skin, fino sherry… Finish: rather long, dry, wonderfully bitter, chalky, a notch fermentary (white beer). Comments: excellent, as expected. Reminds me of my turbulent schooldays with all this chalk!
SGP:461 - 90 points. |
Perhaps a similarly aged older one, if you see what I mean? |
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Longmorn 22 yo 1969/1991 (61%, Turatello, Italy, 420 bottles)
This is most certainly G&M stock, although they wouldn’t have said so on the labels. The extremely engaging Mr. Fiori used to be behind this series if I’m not mistaken. Colour: full gold. Nose: really unusual, like many malts used to be in the 1950s and 1960s. Who would have blended coconut water with brake fluid, Woolite and lanolin, who? And added a few slices of ripe Provence melon and nectarine for good measure? With water: melons and apricots have taken the lead, which is really very Longmorn in our book. Mouth (neat): huge, and immaculately tropical this time. Mangos, passion fruits, pink bananas, papayas, guavas. Crazy, and come to think about it, compadre Benriach was similarly tropical around those times (late 1960s to mid 1970s). With water: just totally splendid, unfolding rather more with citrus fruits, especially oranges and citrons. That touch of chalk in the background, perhaps. Finish: long, a tad more resinous, very faintly rubbery, although still beautiful. Comments: one of those great Longmorns bottled at their peak. Not saying that they wouldn’t have further aged gracefully, naturally.
SGP:651 - 92 points. |
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