Linkwood 1959 | 25 Year Old Gordon & MacphailSpeyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Bottled by: Gordon & MacPhail 75cl 40% Old Linkwoods like this 1959 vintage tend to show all the wax, fruits, metal, polish and trace notes of oils and phenols that you would hope for and expect from such top quality fifties distillate. These old Linkwoods by G&M were often overshadowed by the other big four distilleries they tended to focus on, (namely Macallan, Glen Grant, Mortlach and Strathisla). This is a shame

The house style at this time was similarly light but with some interesting oily attributes and more green

an incredible whisky and a historically significant bottling

the uber-salty 17-year-old (subsequently replaced by the 18-year-old)

varnish and clean oak balanced by a thrilling tropical intensity on the other hand

mouth-filling quality

The SN2010 indicates that this was the 2010 edition of Supernova

A limited-edition Aberfeldy filled on 11th April 1997 from cask number 3618

this special edition of Laphroaig 18-year-old was limited to just 3000 bottles released in 2012 to coincide with the national celebrations of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee

it became a casualty of the whisky industry's overproduction during the 1980s and was closed by United Distillers in 1988

Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Bottled by: Gordon & MacPhail 70cl / 40% One of several legendary 1972 Brora's bottled by Gordon & MacPhail for their Connoisseurs Choice Range

oily and coastal as the normal glass-bottled OB Springbanks

and later became known as the Distillery Labels range