Clynelish 16 Year Old 1997 Single Cask Master of Malt

Clynelish 12 Year Old 1997 A.D. Rattray

The story of Brora & Clynelish has been explained before. The first whisky is almost legendary, the second highly praised by many connoisseurs. So this week I will try a couple of Clynelish and Brora. Let me start with this 12 Year Old from A.D. Rattray at cask strength from a bourbon cask. The nose is quite soft and mineral. Quite fresh,...

Score 84/100

Clynelish 14 Year Old

Tonight was time to start my Christmas season of tasting. It's been a while since I had a Clynelish so I decide to open a bottle I bought about 3 or 4 years ago, an Hart Brothers finest collection Clynelish distilled in November 1998 and bottled in January 2013. This my first whisky since the epic tasting of last week. As I was saying , this is...

Score 87/100

Clynelish 16 Year Old 1997 Signatory Un-Chillfiltered for The Bonding Dram

Dim's Drams, Malt Whisky Corner and The Bonding Dram bought this cask together from Signatory from their Un-Chillfiltered Collection, meaning it is bottled at 46%. What is interesting, of course, is that this is a Clynelish from 1997, a vintage known for being good to excellent. Something to look forward to. The nose is surprisingly soft on...

Score 84/100

Clynelish 13 Year Old 1995 Signatory Cask Strength Collection

This whisky spent almost (well) as much time in the bottle than is has on the sherry cask. Bottled in 2009, this is a Clynelish from 1995 – the golden period in my book – at cask strength in one of those beautiful but rather clumsy (to pour from) decanters from Signatory. Wonderful color. Mouthwatering. Ka-boom! What a grand nose! Christmas cake...

Score 88/100