Linkwood 1981 Prima & Ultima
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Linkwood |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1981 |
| Bottled Year | 2021 |
| Age | 39년 |
| Cask Type | 4 New American Oak Casks, PX Oloroso Seasoned |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 52.9% |
| Volume | 20 ml 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
PX와 올로로소로 시즈닝한 뉴 아메리칸 오크 캐스크 4개에서 39년의 시간이 빚은 풍미가 향과 입을 강하게 끌고 간다. 노즈는 링크우드 특유의 잘 익은 사과와 옅은 시나몬, 농축된 건포도가 두드러지고 입을 채우면 52.9도의 도수가 진한 자두 시럽과 무화과, 묵직한 다크초콜릿을 풀바디로 풀어낸다. 스피사이드의 우아한 캐릭터가 깊게 머문다. 짙은 마호가니가 잔에 비친다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
amber
air Nose
fir wood at first, sauna oils, pine needles, balsa wood, then rather lighter Cuban puros (I used to enjoy my Gloria Cubanas twenty years ago) and chestnut purée, raisins, fig arrack, clay, walnut wine and liqueur (nocino)… Lovely, absolutely lovely. With water: figs stand out, sawn hardwoods, Turkish delights, marzipan…
restaurant Palate
hey it's almost brutal at 39, shall we call it Tyson? Great thick sweet wine (muscat de Beaumes de Venise, nothing to do with Venice), orange liqueur, Sauternes, then my favourite fruit salad (peeled oranges, honey, olive oil) and just sultanas. This oldie is very talkative, quite possibly because it's been smartly 'revived'. With water: does the peacock's tail, with chestnuts and pumpkin seeds, bean curd and marzipan, dates and figs, cappuccino and Nutella (apologies), milk chocolate and Jaffa cakes… while all that joyous feast would end up on marmalade. Marmalade, official partner of many a single malt whisky
timer Finish
perhaps a tiny-tad oakier? But it all remains under control and rather on lovely piney notes than on drying sawdust