Clynelish 1993 16 Year Old Adelphi

Clynelish 14 Year Old

This is the Douglas Laing & Co 'Old Malt Cask' bottling (not the one pictured). The smell is initially sea salt, peat, smoke and even a hint of iodine, but gives way to a fruity, vanilla, toffee sweetness. Despite having such strong sounding flavours, it is a genuinely gentle nose. So much so, that after the glass of Smith's 8 Year old, I had...

Score 91/100

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 16 Year Old 1996 The Whiskyman

There was a time that Dominiek Bouckaert was intensely into whisky. For years he released wonderful whisky under his label of The Whiskyman. In 2012 he was able to put his hands on this cask of Clynelish from 1996 after 16 years of maturation. It was bottled for the Lindores Whisky Festival in Beglium. My first impression while nosing this gem was...

Score 87/100

Clynelish 14 Year Old

from a sample- Nose: Very subtle smoke and sweet citrus fruit, particularly those giant incredible lemons from Sorrento. Honey and a little wax keeping the profile rather calm and not too sweet. The smoke helps here, too. With more air, the smoke subsides a bit and the fruit darkens, too. Orange and lemon are present, and now some dates appear....

Score 86/100