Linkwood distillery 1997 18 year old 52.3%

252 bottles with only 18 bottles available in London.

Nose: sweet floral notes with some citrus. Pineapple and limes. Palate: long peppery notes start off the palate then its praline chocolates with honey and sweet ripe pears and fresh cut sweet grass. (Summer highlands) Finish: marzipan and coconut, a slightly drying note gives way to Lemmon grass. Astonishing array of flavours from the Linkwood distillery.

Linkwood distillery 1997 18 year old 53.5%

234 bottles with only 18 bottles available in London.

Nose: Sweet with lots of juicy citrus notes ; satsumas and some pineapple chunks. Palate: White chocolate and a little herbal. A touch of spice comes through a growing nutty creaminess. Finish: Refreshing zestiness mingles with light grassy / floral notes.

Is this my favourite or is it the other?? Best settle for both I guess.

Stephen at Cadenhead’s London