Linkwood 10 year old Signatory Vintage

Nose: Grass, Candied Pear, Granulated Sugar, Pepper, Vanillas, Slightly Under Ripe Pineapple. Palate: Spirity, Honey, Simple Syrup, Malt Sugar, Cane Sugar, Canned Pears, Fondant, Lingering Light Lime Citrus, Grass, Earthiness. I found this bottle at my local Trader Joe's grocery store and decided to pick it up because I've been a big fan of Signatory's bottlings of Linkwood in the past.This did not disappoint, 10 years in an ex bourbon barrel hogshead has created a surprisingly sweet expression of Linkwood. The palate starts with a full spirity character but then transitions almost immediately into candied pears, grass, and all different forms of sugars on the front of the palate. The sweetness is then balanced out by a heavy pepper, lime citrus, earthiness, and grass. Overall, it's a fantastic bottling of linkwood, and I wish I could find more of these around. Pick up a bottle if you're ever in a Trader Joes with a whisky section!