Linkwood 12 Year Old Bottled 1970's 75cl

Linkwood 12 Year Old 2000 Wilson & Morgan

The Italian bottler Wilson & Morgan has brought us quite a few goodies already. So I am quite curious to their Barrel Selection of this 12 Year Old Linkwood, a distillate from 2000. The nose is fatty, pure farmer butter. It has a meaty side. Slightly farmy as well. Mashed patatoes. After some handwarmth, I also get sweetness from honey, white...

Score 86/100

Linkwood 5 Year Old 1973 Pure Highland Malt

The Linkwood distillery has been operational since 1821. In 1962 significant refurbishments were conducted and in 1971 the number of stills was increased from 2 to 4. Actually, a new set of four stills was put in place in what sometimes is referred to as Linkwood B. Linkwood A, with the two original stills, was closed in 1972. This is a distillate...

Score 82/100

Linkwood 32 Year Old 1973 Signatory Vintage

The last Linkwood from the 70s that I will try this week is a Signatory Vintage from the Cask Strength Collection, in those sublime decanters that my granny loves to use for all sorts of oils and vinegars, whenever I empty one. This is a hogshead that was bottled in 2006. At cask strength, obviously. The nose starts off closed, but some handwarmth...

Score 87/100

Linkwood 10 Year Old 2008 The Ultimate

I has only been a few months since I tried a 10 years old Linkwood from The Ultimate, but that was one from 1984, bottled in 1995 from a sherry butt. This is again a 10 years old, but from a completely different era and from a bourbon barrel. It was distilled in 2008 and bottled in 2018. Fresh, playful and summery nose. Apples, peach, vanilla,...

Score 84/100