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[Quick Review] Longmorn - 25 years old (The Secret Speyside Collection) 53%

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Distillery : Longmorn Bottler : Distillery Age : 25 years old Distilled : n/a Bottled : 23/07/2020 Cask : American oak barrels, hogsheads and butts Abv : 53.0% Unchillfiltered : Yes Natural Colour : Yes Nb of bottles : n/a Extra : Part of The Secret Speyside Collection Price : ~£400 Price paid : £0 (gifted as part of a promotion) Nose : Fruity & spicy, peaches & apricots, red apples and hints of fresh figs, sultanas, vanilla, oak spice, cinnamon, creamy caramel, orange marmalade and lemon oil. Such a mesmerising fragrance!   Palate : Sweet & spicy, rich & chewy too. Mouth-coating with oranges, fresh oak, a little ginger, apples and sultanas, ripe cherries, vanilla, caramel and pears. Despite the high abv the alcohol is so well integrated. Delicious! Finish : Long & drying, warning too, spicy, ginger, oak, sultanas and black cherries, barley sugar and dark chocolate. With water : Creamier nose, less spice, more fruit, pear jam, fig jam, Scottish tablet, vanilla f...