Linkwood 1978 Diageo Special Releases 2016

Wow this is an outstanding malt. Really like it, not for this price though.

Super rich tropical fruit juice, clean and refreshing, complex and clear! Absolutely worth the price! ! (Mini CONVALMORE 36)

A very good dram. I feel the love, but I somehow expected more from it.

Not very special but just pretty drinkable

a very tasty, complex and mature whisky. In no case worth the price, but as a sample completely fine.

Interesting age-old Linkwood

Tasting Notes: https://whiskycuse.wordpress.com/2017/02/07/linkwood-19782016-6114-bottles-503-vol-ob/

I really like beautiful tropical and complex fruit bombs - another example of how complex long bourbon maturations can be

Nose Tropical fruits, red apples, flower meadow and freshly cut grass. Honey nectar. Taste Tropical fruits here too but a certain tartness. Some oakiness and spices. Warming and creamy but dry. Finish Nectar sweetness and dry, medium finish Citrus, spices and some malt sweetness.

Delicately concentrated fruit basket - surprisingly alcoholic at first - but that disappears quite quickly... waxy notes, flowers, yellow fruits such as pineapple, sugared lemon, ripe pears, mirabelle plums - absolute summer feeling nose; with white wine hints like a barrel-aged Chardonnay On the palate it's initially a bit angular and oaky, it takes a lot of time to open up - but after 15 minutes you'll be rewarded with marzipan, cashew nuts, grainy-buttery cake and pastry notes. Very long, spicy-oaky, mineral aftertaste. Not the easiest to access, but with plenty of time, air and a few splashes of water it delivers great.

https://whiskylovingpianist.wordpress.com/2017/11/06/twe-show-2017-day-1/ C: Today this Linkwood was overshadowed by most of the above, but it remains a very good and thoroughly enjoyable whisky. Scores a B+

Tropical fruit compote, unripe mango pineapple, very soft, oak bitterness, velvet, creamy.

It's delicious! The liquor has a rich, oily texture and a very low alcohol content. The initial taste is a bit closed off; you need to hold it for a while to allow the flavors to develop.

Saulecker, unfortunately far from any budget, but nice to have tasted the times.

January 2023

Whisky Tasting: Linkwood 37 years 1978/2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_VyqDaWKus

Thanks to Ady Tay for the sample.

This nose is amazing (reminds me of CB The General & TINALW), aged and elegant. The oak and tropical fruit are right in the palate/finish are right in my wheel house as well, but that nose….

The bursting flavors of green apple and pear, fresh honey and a hint of pistachio ice cream are also just right.

It's amazing how it develops and evolves in the mouth.

Wenxiang Nose: The picture is very Tiki, pineapple, mango, bergamot, frosting hawthorn, locust nectar, maple syrup, not only does not show old-fashioned, but it has a little green vitality, bringing a full fragrance. Taste Palate: It is still very energetic, the wine power brings some crispy hemp, the strength of tropical fruits weakens, leaving pineapple, bergamot, ginger candy, wort, plum, rock sugar Sydney, the probability of having a weak temperament Shirley barrel to participate great. After rhyme Finish: Longer, but more monotonous. Fatty beef with sour soup with almonds, malt and peppercorns. Body: Heavier. Continuing my impression of linkwood's magnificent wine body, the flavor is clear and full, the balance is good, slightly dry, and the wine power is more obvious.

good molt from the 1970s, tasty and ripe, balance 23

Dried apricots and apples, suppressed ripe light grapes, wet wood, a little parquet varnish and just a delicious sweet, round taste, as if all the ripe berries and fruits had been put through a meat grinder along with walnuts and made such a sweet sausage. The finish is the same, slowly fading away.

Classic daily dram.

Tasting Notes by Diageo Color: Strong golden yellow, polished antique brass Aroma: Soft, needs some time to open; then slow development of delicate fresh fruit notes, sweet pure fruit salad of honeydew melon, grapes, mandarin zest, apple and pear over a base of crumbly butter toffee. Gradually more intense and stronger like fruit salad in syrup; maybe creamier with marzipan, vanilla and a touch of licorice. Then gracefully beguiling and intoxicating, with notes of white rose over soft creme brulee. Water closes its aroma without changing it. More butterscotch; then smelling like an old-fashioned fruit shop in the summer. Taste: Medium body. Tempting on the palate, initially generous soft texture; fruity sweet and sugary, then warming and tart with baked apple in the middle of the palate. Quick development of an appetizing dryness with black tea and herbal cough drops, balanced by rum & raisin ice cream, lime and waxy vanilla. Finally notes of ginger, cloves and a pinch of salt. With water, the apple is slightly caramelized and accompanied by sugar-sweet vanilla biscuit. Finish: Long-lasting and warming, with a peppery note. Oak and herbaceous with dry, enveloping tannins and a clean, aromatic finish; in the aftertaste spices in combination with milk chocolate and honed hardwood. With water drier, but still warming; lighter, with hints of cedarwood, waxy and late softer and longer tannins. Remarks: Pure and light LINKWOOD, with style and elegance. The epitome of the "finesse" of Speyside. He is characterized by his typical fresh fruity and floral character and wants to be slowly accessible; the nose gives little indication of the splendid elegance and complexity that unfolds on the palate and on the finish of this refined malt.

Wines that need a little time to breathe can hold their mid-to-late flavors, allowing for careful appreciation of their interesting notes.

Tasting Notes by TWE Nose: Polished apples, waxed jackets and honeysuckle sweetness. Hints of damp wool slowly develop, balanced by soft sweetness. Palate: Sweet and creamy – strawberries and cream, and rhubarb and custard sweets – with a background of crumbled brownie (chocolate soil, anyone?) and musky green leaves. Water brings out more candy notes and a touch of Turkish Delight. Finish: More rhubarb and custards, icing and green leaves. The sweetness slowly fades, leaving the leaves. Comment: Exactly my style of whisky and easily fulfilling my expectations. Creamily textured with controlled sweetness and a balance of sweetshop flavours and leafy, forest notes. My favourite of the 2016 line-up.