Two bottles in a tin can from Signatory Vintage. I bought them at Van Wees in Amersfoort, some hours before my last Nosing & Tasting... Both are matured on a sherry cask. This tin with two Single Malts costed me 12 euros.
Linkwood, 1991-2004 (±13 yrs), 43%
Color: Gold with an orange edge.
Nose: Perfume, heather, quite metal, an old wet cloth to dry your dishes with, berries and yogurt.
Taste: Very, very dry... a sharp edge in the middle, heather again with some liquorice, sweet with some spoons of honey.
Aftertaste: Sweet but very short. Develops shortly on heather and honey. Nothing dry in there anymore... A bit awkward after the promising nose.
Score: 76.
Remarks: Would'nt buy this bottle to be honest. Try to find the Linkwood of Diageo, 12 yrs, that one is a lot better when it comes down to price and quality...
Mortlach, 1990-2004 (±14 yrs), 43%
Color: Light orange it is.
Nose: Nosed this whisky for nearly half an hour and whilst leaving the glass at it's own... more flavours came across. Started on rucola salad, some salty notes, like a cheap smoked salmon, heathery notes, something meaty as well (dried salami), sour directly on the nose... quite extraordinary... As we are used to from this exceptional distillery...
Taste: Bitter and dry, a sweet sour film on your tongue... gets even dryer... salted meat, some dark berries in the back... bitterness, dark chocolat coffeebeans, sour-sweet, warming...
Aftertaste: dry and bittersweet, medium length, some creamy notes in the back, strawberry yogurt, on the very outskirts some salty notes as well, is that the meat that returns? A very complex Mortlach as we are used to from this very good distillery.
Score: 85.
Remarks: A nice Mortlach. Worth buying the whole bottle? Yes it does pay off!
