Clynelish 10 Year Old 1996 Provenance Douglas Laing

Clynelish 10 Year Old 1995 Eilan Gillan

Eilan Gillan is a French bottler with only a few releases to its name, including an Arran, two Bowmore, a Caol Ila, two Macallan, but also four Clynelish. This is one of them, a single cask that was distilled in November 1995 and filled in September 2006, so a bit shy of 11 years. It was colored nor chill filtered, but did get cut to 46%. The nose...

Score 82/100

Clynelish 2008 Distillery Only

from a purchased sample Nose: Delicately sweet and malty with trace wax, lemon zest, salt, and coastal stones. Perfumy vanilla with flecks of sharp ginger and pepper. We're on pretty solid ground so far with a Clynelish. More resinous with time. Rather winey, too, somewhere between a buttery Chardonnay, a Zinfandel, and an 'off' Sauternes from a...

Score 85/100

Clynelish 22 Year Old 1992 Blackadder Raw Cask

This Clynelish was bottled by Blackadder and matured for 22 long years on a bourbon hogshead. I have put a bit of water ready, since this is bottled at no less than 62,1% ABV. That begs the question if it were put to sleep at a much higher ABV than the industry standard of 63,5%. Let us get to it! Beeswax, honey, candy floss, lemon and the skin of...

Score 86/100

Clynelish 14 Year Old

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...

Score 84/100