Linkwood 1997 BR Berrys'

CategorySINGLE MALT
DistilleryLinkwood
BottlerBerry Bros & Rudd (BR)
Bottling Series-
Vintage1997
Bottled Year2013
Age15년
Cask Type-
Cask Number-
Bottles Released-
ABV46.0%
Volume750 ml
Label-
CountryScotland
RegionSpeyside
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Flavor Profile

Sweet
Fruity
Vanilla
Honey
Floral
Oaky
Creamy
Dried Fruit
Citrus
Spicy
Nutty
Herbal
Chocolate
Smoky
Maritime
Peaty

Tasting Notes

Colour

white wine

air Nose

very spirity at first sniffs (cologne) but there’s also nice notes of brown sugar, tarte tatin and vanilla cake. Also a little metal and soot (OBE) and, maybe, touches of roses. Not easy to enjoy at full strength. With water: wonderful development on tar, smoke, iron and gravel. Was there ever a distillery called Linkwood on Islay?

restaurant Palate

excellent attack, very nervous, very citrusy, sharp, ‘chiselled’… Impressive mouth feel. I wouldn’t say it’s a surprise but frankly, this is excellent. So much better than the darker versions so far… With water: more herbs, grass, smoke, tar… So you say there was never any distillery called Linkwood on Islay?

timer Finish

long, very sooty. You have to like that but if you do… Sadly, the aftertaste is very drying and oddly salty in this context

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