55,9°
Distillery : Longmorn - Speyside
Refill Hogshead
Independent Bottling
By La Maison du Whisky
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2024
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Totally Unpeated
La Maison du Whisky continues with its Artist range, subtitled Rothes Glen in honour of the great architect Charles Doig, and it's now a 30-year-old Longmorn that we're dealing with. Distilled in 1994 and then aged in a Refill Hogshead, the distillate should come out very much embellished. Only 141 bottles were offered for sale, and Serge Valentin, the master of us all, rated this nectar 92. Needless to say, the bottles sold like hotcakes, despite the very high price. The label features a picture by Victor Ekpuk entitled Take Five.
Let's Taste It :
Buttered toast and white fruit, pineapple, coconut, mirabelle plums, Italia grapes. An ounce of wax, resin, lacquered noble wood. Crushed banana, heather honey, dates and figs, coppery tints then a little earthy, blond tobacco, ginger. On the palate, soaked and waxy leather, thick lemon sauce, some exotic fruit in the background, then it becomes more chocolatey, even rooty. Orchard fruit, juicy pear, green apple. White peach. Rare spices. Very long, honeyed finish, resin, tobacco once again, almonds and orange peel, shortbread biscuits, egg yolk. Chestnuts.
In Short,
It's obviously very good, but I have the impression that I'm missing something, because for me it doesn't deserve 92 at all. It's still a very good whisky, complex, fine, long on the palate, but nothing exceptional. The price, on the other hand, is exceptional, even outrageous, but that didn't stop it from being sold out at La Maison du Whisky. You can still find it on some lesser-known websites.
Score : 89
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Heather Nova - Ghost in my Room
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