Linkwood 16yr 1998 Gordon & Macphail Private Collection Cote-Rotie
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Distiller:
Linkwood
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Bottler:
Gordon & MacPhail
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ABV:
45%
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Age:
16 Years
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Intro:
This is a 16 year expression, distilled at Linkwood and bottled by Gordon & MacPhail after being finished in a Cote-Rotie. For those that are not familiar with Cote-Rotie, it is an AOC northern Rhone wine region that produces Syrah and Viognier grapes.
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Nose:
Toffee, clove, very rich. Stewed fruits. Honey and cocoa, figs, strawberry and jammy raspberry. Faint, earthy tobacco.
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Taste:
Thick and rich with no real heat. Honey and vanilla followed by tobacco and some stewed fruits and pepper. There is a faint earthiness to it. The fruits are really rich, but blend really well with the earthy notes and the honey and vanilla.
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Finish:
Long, some faint bitterness, but mostly very good. The stewed fruits and the sweetness and pepper are a great blend here.
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Overall:
I really liked this quite a lot. This was my first Linkwood, and the finish was very complimentary. What struck me most was the phenomenal balance of each element.
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Score:
7
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