Sold outJan 2023In short · Longmorn (Speyside), 18 years.
“An incredible bouquet of aromas greeted the panel, floral honey, bananas soaked in brandy, lush apricots, fresh pineapple and tropical perfumed wood with a delicate…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 7.280 is a single cask of Longmorn, in the Speyside region, 18 years old, bottled at 56.6%, released in the Jan 2023 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.