Linkwood 1981 GM Private Collection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Linkwood |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1981 |
| Bottled Year | 2022 |
| Age | 39년 |
| Cask Type | Refill American Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 53.2% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
꽃향으로 이름난 링크우드 1981년이 리필 아메리칸 호그스헤드에서 39년을 보내고 깊은 황금빛으로 잔에 어린다. 코끝에는 흰 꽃과 잘 익은 배, 꿀의 향이 섬세하게 피어오르고, 그 뒤로 옅은 시트러스가 따른다. 한 모금 머금으면 시트러스와 바닐라, 가벼운 크림의 단맛이 매끄럽게 번지고, 40년에 가까운 세월이 다듬은 우아한 결이 혀 위에 곱게 깔린다. 53.2도의 기운이 잔잔하게 흐르며, 마지막에는 꽃과 꿀의 섬세한 여운이 길고 단정하게 이어진다.
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