LINKWOOD - 32 ans - 1988 - Gordon & MacPhail - 55%
Gordon & MacPhail is an independent bottler of Scottish whisky and owner of Benromach Distillery, famous for its richly diverse range of bottlings from some of the most notable distilleries in Scotland. The business was founded in 1895 as a grocer and wine and spirit merchant in Elgin in the northeast of Scotland. In 1915, former apprentice John Urquhart, took over full control of the business. More than a century later, Gordon & MacPhail remains a family business.
The Linkwood Distillery is located in Elgin, in the Speyside region of Scotland. The distillery was built in 1821 by Peter Brown with two stills, and started production in 1825. It was operated by James Walker until Browns death in 1868, after which the distillery went under the control of his son, William Brown. After William Browns death, the Linkwood-Glenlivet company was created by Browns family in 1898 and brought to the stock exchange. After temporary closure between 1941 and 1945 as a result of barley shortage during World War II, the distillery reopened in 1945 under Roderick Mackenzie, who led the distillery until 1963. The distillery was mothballed between 1985 and 1988. It is now owned by the British drinks giant Diageo.
This edition was aged for 32 years in a first-fill Sherry butt from a Single Cask (#2779). It was bottled on the 24th of November 2020 and produced 489 bottles.
Unpeated