Gordon & MacPhail Linkwood 15 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 59 by Martine Nouet and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Martine Nouet Nose Sylvestry. Pine needles. Wet cider cellar walls. Cooked apples in oven with cinnamon and honey. A touch of bee wax. Palate Very smooth if not too soft. Sweet oakiness giving way to a drier edge with some astringency at mid-palate. Ripe hazelnuts. Finish A bit grippy. Oak never gives up. Comment That malt could easily be thrown in a calvados blind tasting, with aged oaky individuals.

Dave Broom Nose Soreen malt loaf, candlewax light sultana. Hint of varnish shows some maturity plum Ripe and broad with raisin and light sweet spices. Balanced. Palate Light start then grips well in the centre. Cedar. Fairly tannic in time. Finish Orange peel nut and light smoke. Comment Decent balance. Worth a look.