Linkwood Carn Mor Strictly Limited Sauternes Wine Cask Finish Single Malt Scotch Whisky 9 Year Old · 2013 Vintage

Colour

Rich golden amber with a honeyed, sunlit glow and a whisper of copper.

Nose

Sweetly enticing, the nose opens with apricot and peach, gilded by honey and vanilla. Sauternes-finished influence brings dried fig, orange blossom and almond, with a whisper of oak spice—a lush, syrupy fruit perfume.

Palate

Silky and mouth-coating, this offers honeyed apricot and peach marmalade, with vanilla cream and soft oak. The Sauternes finish adds syrupy sweetness, think almond paste, nectarine, and citrus zest, while a gentle spice lingers through the mid-palate. Elegant and balanced, it coats the palate with opulent fruit before a warm, toasted oak finish.

Finish

Long, honeyed and ethereal, the finish cloaks the palate in apricot and orange blossom, edged with vanilla and subtle almond. A Sauternes-sweet glow lingers, delivering creme fraiche, caramel and spice as the oak slowly fades.