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
오랜 숙성이 빚어낸 짙은 호박빛이 잔에 깊이 자리한다. 1971년 빈티지 링크우드가 리필 미국산 호그스헤드에서 50년을 보낸 향은 잘 익은 사과와 배의 단내 위로 스페이사이드 특유의 섬세한 몰트 캐릭터, 그리고 반세기에 가까운 시간이 길어 올린 밀랍과 옅은 가죽, 묵직한 오크가 우아하게 어우러진다. 한 모금에 42.4도의 절제된 도수가 매끄럽게 펼쳐지며 캐러멜과 마른 풀잎, 가벼운 시나몬이 차례로 흐른다. 고든 앤 맥페일의 프라이빗 컬렉션이 다듬어낸 우아하고 길게 이어지는 여운.
AITasting 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