Longmorn 17 Year (SMWS 7.269 "Luscious, Silky, and Sensuous")

 

This was the second of six samplings of the May outturn for the Scotch Malt Whisky Society ("SMWS") - an older Longmorn, full of buttery, grassy Bakewell tart! A gathering of about 30 people gathered at the Jack Rose Saloon in Washington DC to try and guess a blind tasting of the six drams. 

Longmorn 16 Year

This is one from the archives - I actually drafted this review back in 2014, when a friend gave me the final few drams of his bottle of Longmorn 16 - it was the first bottle he purchased for more than $100. My notes languished in my email until I decided to clean out my inbox this weekend. 

Longmorn is a Speyside distillery, located near Benriach (founded by the same man, John Duff) and Linkwood and Glen Elgin, and under the current Pernod Ricard ownership it has attempted to position itself as an ultra-premium product.