Linkwood 1991 Cask Strength Gordon & Macphail

Linkwood 13 Year Old 2008 Liquid Art

Our good friends at Liquid Art have found another single cask that they considered bottle-worthy. And it must be, for this is a Linkwood from 2008 that was allowed to spend it’s hibernation on a bourbon cask. I got my hands on a bottle leftover at the WHISKE festival in Geel and I'm finally going to put this pale Speysider to the test with great...

Score 86/100

Linkwood 21 Year Old 1989 A.D. Rattray

A.D. Rattray bottled a 21 Year Old Linkwood in 2011, distilled in 1989. The sherry cask, number 7322, yielded no less than 522 bottles. The nose is very herbaceous and reminds me of a wild prairie with ferns, rhododendrons and wet grasses. But also nettles. Luckily there is a lot of fruitiness in the shape of gooseberries, raisins and mirabelles....

Score 86/100

Linkwood 17 Year Old 1988 Signatory Vintage

Let us stick with Signatory and their Cask Strength Collection. This independent bottler is also owner of Edradour distillery and run by the always friendly Andrew Symington. This Linkwood was distilled in 1988 and bottled about 6 years ago at a strength of no less than 56,1% ABV. The nose is grainy and sweet and rather perfumy to start with But...

Score 78/100

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