Sold outAug 2023In short · Linkwood (Speyside), 16 years.
“Butter melted into toasted malt loaf before marmalade was spread like orange tarmac on a highway to charred mango, mixed spices and forests of resinous exotic woods.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 39.282 is a single cask of Linkwood, in the Speyside region, 16 years old, bottled at 57.5%, released in the Aug 2023 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.