Linkwood 19 Year Old 1990 Cask Strength Collection Signatory

Linkwood 19 Year Old 1990 The Ultimate

Van Wees is a Dutch bottler that launches its whiskies under the somewhat bombastic (and in my opinion not so please to the eye) label The Ultimate. This Linkwood was distilled in 1990 and bottled at drinking strength. The nose is nicely sweet and flowery. Rich spices and fruit. On the one hand juicy blood oranges, on the other hand dry peach and...

Score 88/100

Linkwood 19 Year Old 1993 Berry Bros & Rudd

For official Linkwood releases one needs to turn to the Flora & Fauna or Rare Malts Selection series. Or the Manager’s Choice that appeared in 2009. If you want to try another Linkwood, you need to turn to the independent bottlers. This release by Berry Bros & Rudd from London is a single cask at drinking strength. This is the twentieth...

Score 81/100

Linkwood 1975 26 Year Old

At the beginning of the century, Diageo launched the popular series Rare Malts. This Linkwood from 1975 is one of those (there are in fact several Linkwood bottled in this Rare Malts series). You can still find it left and right for around 200 EUR. The nose is very waxy (beeswax) with a hefty helping of vanilla custard and citrus peel. Very...

Score 85/100

Linkwood 18 Year Old 1997 Jack Wiebers

Jack Wiebers often bottles single casks with strange names and artsy labels. This one falls in both categories, I’d say. But of course the contents of the bottle is what matters and in this case it’s an 18 Year Old Linkwood from 1997 at cask strength. Wow! When I put my nose in the glass for the first time, I’m actually reminded of grain whisky....

Score 87/100