Zesty lemon, apples, strawberry, rose petals, vanilla, butter, cigar box, lavender, sea air — distinctly floral
Light-bodied, sweet-and-sour — gooseberry, white pepper, malty cereal, heather honey, soft orchard fruit, cedar
Medium — soft fruit, ginger, liquorice, charred oak — patient sipping rewarded
Linkwood 12 F&F — JW's hidden Speyside. Diageo's only official Linkwood bottling. 43%.
Lemon and rose petal nose. Light gooseberry palate. Medium gingery finish. Delicate Speyside.
Linkwood 12 earns a 7.5 — delicate, clean, classically floral Speysider at £58. Rewards patient sipping. JW's secret revealed.
Joe has spent over fifteen years immersed in the whiskey industry, beginning his career at a Speyside distillery before moving into drinks journalism. As Editor-in-Chief at Whiskeyful.com, he oversees...
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