The Single Malts of Scotland / 1993, Aged 12 Years, Sherry Butt Cask 3517

The Single Malts of Scotland

Linkwood

1993, Aged 12 Years, Sherry Butt Cask 3517

ABV 59.1%
REVIEWED Issue 54

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Specifications

Brand: Linkwood, The Single Malts of Scotland
Expression: 1993, Aged 12 Years, Sherry Butt Cask 3517
Type: Scotland Whisky / Single Malt
Age: 12 years old
Year of bottling: 2005
ABV: 59.1%
Country/Region: Scotland / Speyside
Bottling type: Independent Bottling

Tasting notes

Taster Owen Barstow

Nose: Solvent and beeswax. Then ripe red apples. Custard and pastry. Some menthol in there, too. With water, linseed oil.
Palate: Oily. Dark toffee. Burnt pastry. A really expensive pain au chocolate. With water, more cocoa and some ginger. Nuttiness?
Finish: Rich, sustained, dark, again faintly charred. Slightly burnt brandy snaps?
Comment: More than a nod to fine sherry wood. Elegant and self assured.

8.0

Taster Arthur Motley

Nose: Immediate sherry character. Floral and muddy, like river mud perhaps, and lots of dark fruits. A little sourness, like green Bramley apples.
Palate: Raisins, cherry liqueur chocolates, and fermenting grass.
Finish: Rich, and slightly burnt fruitcake.
Comment: Big cask character, with spirit style just poking through. The spirit seemed at odds with the cask perhaps.

7.5

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