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Mouth: feels fuller than 46%, but slightly less complex than the nose. A nice waxy / creamy texture, mixed with nutty notes, briney touches and a sweet toffee edge. Orchard fruits and lemons. Orange peel. Light herbal honey, oak spice and leather. A hint of buttery cocoa as well. Clynelish Bottler Distillery Bottling Bottling serie Coastal Highland Single Malt Stated Age 14 years old Strength 46.0 % Vol. Size 700 ml Label 'Clynelish 14' in red Barcode 5000281016528 Added on 07 dec 2012 8:33 am Clynelish 10 yo 2008/2018 (46%, Signatory for Flanders’ Finest Cask Selection, bourbon barrel, cask #800120, 304 bottles) - by Angus - 290918
Clynelish 1972 (57.6%, Cadenhead 'White label', cask #5645, sherry, early 1990s) - by Angus - 130321 Clynelish 17 yo 1995/2013 (56.2%, Signatory for The Whisky Exchange, refill sherry, cask #12794, 622 bottles) - 230414 Clynelish 27 yo 1993/2021 (53.8%, Hunter Laing, The First Editions Author's Series, bourbon barrel, cask #HL 18443) - 301222Clynelish 38 yo 1972/2011 (42.1%, Single Malts of Scotland, hogshead, cask #430341, 439 bottles) - 111011 Nose: Honey, vanilla, apples, pears, oak, sea air, lemon rind, marmalade, nutmeg, ginger and LOADS of perfume/floral notes. Seriously floral. On the palate, a creamy malt is being let loose on the tastebuds. I get some citrus (grapefruit?) on honey, peat and salt. Seaweed versus fruit, nicely balanced. The nose is a blast of sal and citrus with floral and woody notes. Very mouth watering. Very. There's something that reminds me of a freshly sharpend pencil. Pretty estery, but all very balanced and mellow. Palate: Right from the start there's a rush of white pepper, cayenne pepper with a load of oak ( too much). The fruits are not well defined. Then there is a lot of hot dried ginger with salt. With air, and making more saliva, it becomes like a lemon/banana cream and the oak is now integrated with a cardamom note (not the soapy style). That was preceded by the strawberry, Macmyra style. The malt is also stronger on the mouth in a good way.
Clynelish 30 yo 1990/2022 (47.7%, La Maison du Whisky, Artist #12, bourbon barrel, cask #3477, 137 bottles) - 301222Clynelish 27 yo 1982 (45.5%, Exclusive Casks, finished in fresh European oak, cask #9865, 2010) - 230711 Clynelish 21 yo 1995/2017 (55.7%, Signatory Vintage, refill sherry butt, casks #11228, 625 bottles) - 210519 Distilled in Sutherland 24 yo 1996/2020 (47.2%, Thompson Bros, refill hogshead, 300 bottles) - 021220
Kittenish 20 yo 2000/2021 (55.2%, The Whisky Blues and Whisky Wave, hogshead, cask #1424, 324 bottles) - 210921Clynelish 23 yo 1995/2018 (54.5%, Signatory Vintage, refill sherry butt, cask #8674, 266 bottles) - 140219 Palate: Medium bodied and slightly oily. A bit fizzy. We’re greeted by vanilla, honey, beeswax, apples, pears, sea salt, cinnamon, ginger, and an entire meadow of flowers.