Signatory Vintage Linkwood 2012 11-Year-Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky

The Signatory Vintage Unchillfiltered Collection is one of our favourite ranges from any Independent Bottler. Providing an incredible range of whiskies at prices that remind us of how things used to be, they almost always outperform comparative releases from the same distilleries which their spirit originally came from in both quality and price…

Cask Number(s): 102 + 103
Date of Distilling: 25/07/2021
Date of Bottling: 10/2023
Matured In: 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Butts – Finish

Tasting Notes:

Nose: Juicy sultanas, toffee apples, milk chocolate, figs and plums.

Palate: Soft notes of cinnamon, summer berries, milk chocolate, digestive biscuits, subtle floral notes, caramel wafers with hints of orange peel.

Finish: Long with hints of bitter orange, sweet baking spices and creamy toffee, toasted oak and soft black pepper.

Linkwood is a favourite distillery of The Oak Barrel. Founded in 1821 in the town of Elgin in the region of Speyside, the distillery is currently one of Diageo’s workhorse sites – that is it produces whisky mainly for their blends. Long fermentation and gentle distillation gives the whisky from here an aromatic and grassy aroma, but a textural and oily palate. A whisky that can show lots of floral notes while young, but one that develops great complexity with age. As such, this is used in blends not as ‘bulk filler’ at the heart, but top-dressing icing to give the overall blend complexity and elegance. Rarely seen as a single malt officially, it is often excellent in the hands of independent bottlers.    

Signatory Vintage are one of the veterans of Independently Bottled Scotch Whisky. Founded in 1988 by Andrew and Brian Symington. The name ‘Signatory’ was derived from the initial intention to find a person of suitable standing to sign the labels for bottles drawn from a single cask. 

They have one of the most well regarded stores of single cask Scotch Whisky in the industry, with a focus on high quality spirit, bottled without the need for Chill Filtration, always at natural colour. Signatory covers the entire range of whisky drinkers, with their high end Cask Strength Single Casks offering complex and rare whiskies at the high end, while their Unchillfiltered Collection provides some of the best value single malts and grains around.