Description
Part of the Diageo Special Releases 2016 collection, this limited edition Speyside Single Malt was distilled in 1978 at Linkwood distillery. Rarely available as a single malt, this expression was matured in refill American oak hogsheads and refill European oak butts. Only 6,114 individually numbered bottles have been produced at natural cask strength.Fresh fruit notes of melon, grape, orange zest and apple pour over a fudge base, becoming creamier with marzipan, vanilla and a trace of liquorice. The palate is fruity and sweet with baked apple, becoming warming and tart with black tea, rum and raisin ice cream and vanilla. Notes of clove, ginger and salt emerge before the long peppery finish with aspects of spiced oak.
