Single Malt
Scotland
1 Aug 1989
23 Oct 2015
Sherry
A Speyside distillery with a top reputation among blenders, but with very few official bottlings of single malt (essentially only a Flora & Fauna 12 year old). This means that fans must rely on independent bottlings such as this fantastic 26 year old to sate their lust for Linkwood! Distilled August 1st 1989, it was matured in a single refill sherry hogshead and bottled October 23rd 2015 with an outturn of 312 tasty bottles.
Salted butter, buttered scones, vanilla pods, Battenberg, mown grass, wildflower honey, pine and toasted marshmallows.
Concentrated and syrupy. Honeyed malt abounds with sugared and gently spiced rock cake and buttery crumble.
Very long with toasted barley, golden syrup, a little tobacco and hints of marmalade.
Concentrated and powerful at cask strength, perfect with fruitcake or Pannetone.
Takes time to open up, a bit heavy on the wood, it cover up some of the good stuff. Lovely sherry note in the background, butter pastries, forest, earthy.
Loads of buttered toast on the nose, but the richness on the palate is what this whisky's really about. Superbly dense and packed with flavour. Lovely.
