Sold outJul 2022In short · Longmorn (Speyside), 12 years.
“The nose – well, ‘two roads diverged in a yellow wood’ – chocolate Swiss roll, Demerara, parma violets and cherries with crème anglaise to the left – and bran flakes,…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 7.279 is a single cask of Longmorn, in the Speyside region, 12 years old, bottled at 56%, released in the Jul 2022 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 7.x is from Longmorn.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
Founded near Elgin in 1893, Longmorn is the trade's worst-kept secret, a distiller's distillery hoarded by blenders for a spirit of uncommon richness: oily, waxy, brimming with orchard and stone fruit. It rarely appears under its own name, which makes an independent cask feel like being let in on something. Pernod Ricard's.