Clynelish 14 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 46% vol | 70cl | Coastal Highland Whisky with Island Style | Single Malt Whisky | Best Served Neat | Long Finish

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The Clynelish distillery shares terrain with that other distillery, long closed and enjoying a near cult status, Brora (founded in 1819 under the name Clynelish). The current Clynelish distillery was built in 1967, right next to the ‘old’ Clynelish. Since 1968 they produced in tandem, until in August of the same year, the ‘old’ Clynelish was mothballed. Another year later, in 1969, the ‘old’ Clynelish reopened under the name Brora, and started using heavily peated malt, until it was closed permanently in 1983. The ‘new’ Clynelish is still operational. In 2002, this Clynelish 14 Year Old was released. Nose: Some not-unpleasant medicine is tempered with flowers and loads of lemon and lime. Earthy and untamed, and all the better for it. Clynelish 25 yo 1995/2021 (53.5%, The Nectar of the Daily Drams, 15th anniversary, refill sherry butt, cask #11238, 501 bottles) - 301222 Clynelish 16 yo 1996/2012 (57.2%, Svenska Eldvatten, first fill sherry butt, cask #8780, 240 bottles) - 110113 Palate: Predominantly spicy, just like the nose. While there are gentle white chocolate, honey, and stewed apple undercurrents, my mouth is mostly on fire with the sensation of hot, juicy peppers and briny salt. Also a dark tea bitterness.

Finish: Medium finish that highlights more vegetal notes than the palate. The finish retains some fruitiness like green apple, but features much more herbal notes, sea salt, and more faint peat. A relatively straightforward finish, with good length. Clynelish 22 yo 1995/2018 (56.3%, Signatory Vintage, refill butt, casks #8673, 609 bottles) - 210519 Taste: sweet greeting at first, some peat, grapes, a little peach flavour, strong barley malt, a little chestnutty, with a moderate to heavy body, which I like.

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Distilled in Sutherland 19 yo 2000/2020 (53.2%, Thompson Bros., Dornoch Castle Whisky Bar 20th Anniversary, refill hogshead, 462 bottles) - 160720

Clynelish 21 yo 1983/2004 (56.9%, Dun Bheagan, hogsheads, casks #2552-2553, 516 bottles) - by Angus - 141017 Clynelish 20 yo 1995/2019 (58%, 20 rue d’Anjou, Signatory Vintage for la Maison du Whisky, refill sherry butt, cask #2158, 574 bottles) - 241219 Clynelish 1997/2017 (56.3%, Kingsbury for Or Sileis Taiwan, hogshead, cask #7103, 229 bottles) - 021220

Clynelish 14yo has True Grit

Palate: Sharp, clean, soft, structured, elegant. Peaks early with dashes of vanilla, pineapple, cucumber and ginger. Pears dusted in confectioner's sugar follow, wrapped in perfume fragrances. A perfect summer dram. Clynelish 28 yo 1982/2011 (50%, Douglas Laing, Old Malt Cask, refill hogshead, 238 bottles) - 191011

Nose: on first smell very salty, sea weed. After a few more sniffs a stronger floral smell comes through and some vanilla. I've been thinking about clynelish 14 for a long time. Somehow it's been dodging me but finally got some. Clynelish 22 yo 1997/2020 ‘Tropical Scented candle’ (49.8%, Wemyss Malts, hogshead, 236 bottles) - 240820 There are horrors beyond life's edge that we do not suspect, and once in a while man's evil prying calls them just within our range.”Clynelish 24 yo 1996/2021 (52.2%, Hunter Laing, The First Editions for HNWS Taiwan, hogshead, cask #18250, 258 bottles) - 301222 Clynelish itself has long played an important role within the house of John Walker & Sons, with a 14-year-old, originally launched as part of Diageo’s ‘Hidden Malts’ portfolio, and an oloroso-finished Distiller’s Editionas the range. Make no mistake. Clynelish ranks among the 10 best distilleries in the world..." 95 points. - Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2022