Linkwood 1971 GM Private Collection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Linkwood |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1971 |
| Bottled Year | 2021 |
| Age | 50년 |
| Cask Type | Refill American Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 42.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
brown amber
air Nose
too fast. Why should even the inattentive taster understand within a fraction of a second that the whisky is totally superlative? All that because of old crème de menthe, old myrtle liqueur, tiger balm and small figs, one of the most perfect equations? Add old pinewood (a chalet in the Alps – you may drop the fondue) and some kind of sweeter moussaka. Cooked eggplants for sure. In truth it is a little different from most of G&M's other 'old wonders', perhaps because of a rather lower natural strength than usual? Oh and looks like I forgot to mention thin mints
restaurant Palate
pine (wood, needles) is not always great news when it's there right in the arrival, but in this case it is, because you also have the impression that someone came at night and poured one or two demi-johns of mid-1800s cognac into this hogshead, while everyone including the guard cat was at sleep. Which generated a feeling of old rancio, peach jam, also old Bénédictine and Yellow Chartreuse. I was about to also mention old moutai. Background: many tiny herbal and bouillony notes, miso, soy sauce, leek, mushrooms, ransom…
timer Finish
medium, rather rounder (raisins, figs, dates), then on tiny savoury matters and substances. A pinhead of hoisin sauce and some chocolate sauce
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