Linkwood 1979 VM The Cooper's Choice
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Linkwood |
| Bottler | The Vintage Malt Whisky Co Ltd. (VM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1979 |
| Bottled Year | 1995 |
| Age | 15년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 43.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
맑은 옅은 황금빛이 잔 속에 곱게 잠겨 있다. 1979년에 증류해 1995년 병입된 이 링크우드는 코끝에 갓 자른 사과와 들꽃, 옅은 바닐라 향을 피워 올린다. 입에서는 보리 단맛과 풀잎의 싱그러움이 부드럽게 번지고 깨끗한 오크의 미세한 쌉쌀함이 뒤를 받친다. 43도의 단정한 도수 위로 레몬 껍질과 마른 풀의 여운이 깔끔하게 떨어진다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
white wine
air Nose
extremely bizarre at first sniff, with whiffs of cooked cabbage, new plastic, Alka-Seltzer and, again, rotting oranges. Not unlike the 100° proof, just much more extreme. Goes on with shoe polish and liquid detergent. There’s really something that doesn’t work with my nostrils here – some fellow maniacs liked this one much better. So, I guess it’s me but I don’t like it at all, it’s too weirdly ‘kind of medicinal and chemical’ for my tastes meaty, animal. Balsamic vinegar, wine sauce, something nicely sour. Wild and expressive, far from most earlier versions. Strawberry jam, old Burgundy wine, civet
restaurant Palate
just like with the 100°proof, it’s a little better now, although I can still find lots of ‘chemical’ tastes such as aspirin, paraffin, medicines… Cactus? (aloe). Something like un-aged tequila. Hints of salt but also quite some rubber… Sorry, I’ll have to stop, this one just doesn’t make it for me, but please don’t take my notes literally, there may well be kind of an incompatibility with my very own sensorial system. Something genetic, maybe… 55 points . MUSIC – Recommended listening: that's right, it's John Cale and Lou Reed who were doing the latter's very 'nice' little ritornello called Smalltown.mp3 in 1990 (it's on 'Songs for Drella). Please buy these guys' music. January 19, 2007 PETE McPEAT AND JACK WASHBACK TASTING - TWO LINKWOODS Linkwood 15 yo (43%, G&M Licensed bottling, Bottled +/- 2006) bold, expressive, very caramelly and liquoricy. Lots of cask influence, almost bourbony. Unusually full-bodied, lots of oomph although it’s not especially subtle. 81 points . Linkwood 30 yo 1974/2005 (54.9%, Rare Malts)