Sold outNov 2023In short · Linkwood (Speyside), 11 years.
“The nose gave us lightly perfumed Marseille soap, laundry and shaved wood; we also found honeycomb, hay, lemon meringues, jellybeans and apricot danish pastries.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 39.287 is a single cask of Linkwood, in the Speyside region, 11 years old, bottled at 61.4%, released in the Nov 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.