7,000+ Whiskey Database
Nose
Sultana, caramel, oak spices toasted bread, lavender, orange blossom, Seville oranges
Taste
Creamy, orchard fruits, stewed apples. After water, honey, tangerine, stone fruits, peppers.
Finish
Vanilla, heather, honey sweetness, oak tannins, white peppers, baking spices.
Liquor
Linkwood 28 1987 Cadenhead Small Batch
Type
ABV
58.4%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Leafy notes, raw barley, hints of chalk. some citrus, apples, peaches, hints of bread with salty butter, green wallnuts
Taste
sharp, rather hot, peaches, pears, oak comes, tannic, dry and chalky, white pepper and ginger, cider apples and walnuts again
Finish
long, dry and spicy, with lots of citrus peel.
Liquor
Linkwood 34 1984 Connoisseurs Choice – Cask Strength Gordon & MacPhail
Type
ABV
58.1%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Rich Sherry aromas mingle with juicy blackcurrant, blackberry, stewed cherries, and plum, hints of jasmine and rose petals add a distinctive floral edge.
Taste
Indulgently sweet; butterscotch flavours, aniseed and cinnamon, orange and raspberry notes, dusted with delicately drying cocoa powder, are complemented by nuances of oak.
Finish
Lingering; dry tobacco and forest fruit fade into subtle oak.
Liquor
Linkwood 7 2008 Signatory Vintage Collection – Cask Strength
Type
ABV
46%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Apples and pears, berry jam with honeyed sweetness.
Taste
Apples and nectarines, root spices and cracked black pepp
Finish
Pear tarte tatin and ground almonds.
Liquor
Linkwood Lunar Crater: Humboldt 12 2008 Scotch Universe
Type
ABV
56.9%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Brown sugar, cherries, strawberry, tobacco (sweet earth), salt
Taste
Cherry, cola, tobacco (leather, spice), earthy
Finish
Cinnamon, cloves, lemon pith, oak, mulch
Liquor
Linlithgow 17 1982 Signatory Vintage
Type
ABV
43%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Guava, pastry, violets, cinnamon, pear
Taste
Mango, cloves, grass, pork chop, cotton
Finish
Butter, floral, yellow plum, brine, pear juice
Liquor
Linlithgow 1975 Scott’s Selection
Type
ABV
51.7%
Region
Distiller
Nose
A delightfully complex spicy and perfumed nose.
Taste
Sweet, smooth and with a real oak flavour.
Finish
Light and elegant as it ends, the last hint of smoke slowly fading out.
Nose
Garden shed, grass, honey and some nice fruits
Taste
Honey, dunnage, mint, kiwi, melon, apple, garden shed, old grass.
Finish
Long. Honey and a little heathery , and mint
Nose
Herbaceous and flowery,
Taste
Custard bakery goodnes
Finish
Long and smoke
Liquor
Linlithgow 1982 Duncan Taylor ROR
Type
ABV
63.5%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Spicy and botanical on the nose
Taste
Ginger, juniper, lemon grass, orange, and grapefruit rind.
Finish
Vanilla, honeyed malt, and hay. Gentle, dried herb and spice finish.
Liquor
Linlithgow 1982 Scott’s Selection
Type
ABV
59.2%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Strong peppery spice in the forefront that mixes with the sweet and fruity nose.
Taste
Sweet apricots and pears enveloping the mouth as we sip, taking us to a fruity
Finish
Warmth from the peppery spice
Liquor
Linlithgow 1982 Signatory CS (for LMDW)
Type
ABV
61.2%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Chrysanthemum tea that has had a bit of honey added.
Taste
Honey note that was on the nose with a bit of floral tea. Some bitter, fruity notes in the form of orange rinds and orange oil join in as well.
Finish
The length ranges between sips oddly. Some sip have a very short finish and some have a longer one.