Longmorn 44 yo 1966 / 2011 The Dram Taker’s ‘Book of Kells’ Gordon & MacPhail for Limburg #281 43.1% vs Longmorn-Glenlivet 19 yo 1974 / 1993 Cadenhead 45%
Longmorn 44 yo 1966 / 2011 The Dram Taker’s ‘Book of Kells’ Gordon & MacPhail for Limburg #281 43.1%
Oxidised apple sauce, spearmint, tinned pineapple slices and metallic hints of scratched copper dutifully polished to a shine. Undoubtedly complex, yet not entirely convincing at first go. Dusty lavastone pellets and a host of little dry medicinal-floral notes, like an ayurvedic medicinal herbal tea packaged for Waitrose. Some subtleresinous development as well and a little mustiness. Curious one, much in want of some verve, as if the whisky gods over did this one and the result is a little mushy. 88 pts
Longmorn-Glenlivet 19 yo 1974 / 1993 Cadenhead 45%
The terrain is awkwardly familiar. What happened to the juicy fruit or have we managed to bracket it squarely. Oxidised fruit, burnished metal, and this time the medicinal herbals – echinacea, cordyceps, dandelion and the like are greatly amplified. It goes off on a tangent now, with growing savouriness. The oxidised fruit return on the tongue, so apple, guava and cantaloupe left out too long, and a wave of earthy-resinous notes like black pepper, labdanum, pine sap, something carbolic and burnt branches. This ride’s a little bumpy. 86 pts
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