Sold outMar 2022In short · Linkwood (Speyside), 12 years.
“On the nose, we got a cream soda ice-cream float, toffee apples and Madeira sponge, cherry pieces in dark chocolate, tea chests, cigar boxes, old wooden desks and…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 39.219 is a single cask of Linkwood, in the Speyside region, 12 years old, bottled at 63.7%, released in the Mar 2022 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 39.x is from Linkwood.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
Near Elgin, founded in 1821, Linkwood makes a whisky of such delicate, blossom-and-fruit precision that blenders treasure it, and legend has it the stillmen once refused to sweep away the cobwebs, for fear of disturbing whatever kept the character so perfectly the same. Diageo's, and rarely bottled alone.