This is my first experience with Linkwood. I don’t think it will be my last but when that is said this is not at whisky knocking me over.
It has a nice oily mouth feel and the taste is vanilla, flowerish with the sherry wood taking the lead in the long finish.
In the middle I get some kind of petroleum’ish taste which is a little awkward but over all a nice dram.
Linkwood has not that many core range bottles on the marked and is mostly used in blends. That does not make it a pour whisky at all! Linkwood has one of the whiskies that gives blends complexity. More about that later.
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๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ง๐ฎ: Linkwood
๐ฝ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ง: Signatory
๐๐๐ข๐: Vintage 1998
๐๐๐ง๐๐๐จ: Cask Strength Collection
๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐: Single Malt
๐พ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ: Scotland – Speyside
๐ผ๐๐: 17 Years old
๐ผ๐ก๐ %: 56,1
๐พ๐๐จ๐ ๐จ: Sherry cask
๐ฝ๐๐ฉ๐๐: Cask No: 4850
๐พ๐๐๐ก๐ก-๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐: No
๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ก๐ค๐ช๐ง: Yes
๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ: 1988, November 30th
๐ฝ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ: 2006, January 13th
๐๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐: 695 bottles
๐ ผ๐ ๐๐ ฐ๐๐๐ ธ๐ ฝ๐ ถ ๐ ฝ๐ พ๐๐ ด๐
๐: Slight waxy, meat soup’ish, toffee
๐: Oliy mouth feel, vanilla, flowerish, some toffee, sherry notes, raisins, some kind of petroleum’ish notes
๐: Long sherry wood
๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ: ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ (3/6)
๐ ผ๐ ๐๐ ฐ๐๐ ธ๐ ฝ๐ ถ ๐๐๐๐๐ ด๐ ผ
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ – ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ – ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ก๐
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ค๐ค๐ – ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐ข
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐ – ๐’๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฎ
๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ค ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ
๐ฅ – ๐๐๐ฉ’๐จ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ