Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 'Linkwood 17 Year, Chateau Margaux Barrique'

• Single malt Scotch whisky selected and bottled by The ImpEx Collection
• Cask #14547
• Distilled at Linkwood [LINK•wood] Distillery in Elgin, Scotland (Speyside)
• 100% unpeated barley
• Water is sourced from Millbuies Spring
• Aged 17 years; finished for 4 years in a red wine barrique from Château Margaux in Bordeaux, France (no record of the original cask)
• Distilled March 2008 and bottled September 2025
• 257 bottles produced
• A fresh breath of wild strawberries evolves into spiced poached pears, ripe (if not cooked) red berries, and a persistent floral sweetness. The palate offers darker notes of dried fruits, cocoa powder, and sweet-wine cask wood.
• No added coloring
• Non-chill filtered; 58% ABV

Fresh, fruity character, combined with broad mid-palate texture (born of clear wort, long fermentation, and slow distillation with maximum copper adhesion) make Linkwood a standard-bearer for approachable Speyside malts, and a valued blending component for parent company Diageo. Typically released in-house as a 12-year expression in the Flora & Fauna series, the spirit is grassy, light, and packed with orchard fruit—a perfect backdrop for the luscious influence of four full years in a barrique from Château Margaux.