Sold outDec 2021In short · Linkwood (Speyside), 10 years.
“After eight years in the embrace of a bourbon hoggie, we introduced this to a second-fill toasted French oak barrique.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 39.228 is a single cask of Linkwood, in the Speyside region, 10 years old, bottled at 54.4%, released in the Dec 2021 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.