Clynelish 1997 AD Selection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Clynelish |
| Bottler | Adelphi (AD) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1997 |
| Bottled Year | 2012 |
| Age | 14년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Bourbon Barrel |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 57.2% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 클라이넬리시 특유의 왁시한 질감과 풀향, 은근한 스모크가 두드러진다. 램프 오일과 흑연, 마른 사이더가 더해지며 오스테어하고 미네랄한 결로 발전한다. 팰럿은 57.2도에서 기름지고 강렬하며 캄파리를 닮은 쌉쌀한 오렌지와 건포도가 또렷하다. 리필 버번 배럴에서 14년을 보낸 아델피 보틀링답게 왁스 같은 바디와 구조감이 단단하다. 피니시는 길게 이어지며 쌉쌀한 시트러스와 마른 풀의 여운이 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
the fino-ish sherry isn’t big and we rather have a typical, very austere, waxy/grassy and pretty smoky Clynelish at first sniffs. Cut grass, lamp oil, graphite, candle wax, dry cider, hay, fern… It’s a profile I like but it’s no sexy whisky. Well, maybe I like it because it’s not very sexy, after all… With water: more raw barley, which is wonderful. Cigar box, maybe a little hazelnut oil…
restaurant Palate
oily, quite huge and powerful, with a rather strong bitter/orangey sherry that’s quite uncommon in Clynelish. Campari? Bitter liqueurs? It’s really powerful, so water would be welcome… With water: doesn’t change much, it just gets more sippable. Bitter oranges, Corinthian raisins, touches of maraschino, more Campari (while we’re in Italy, err…) Also a slight fizziness, not uncommon in Clynelish. Lemon squash
timer Finish
long, on the same notes. Maybe very faint cologny and kirschy touches – possibly from the sherry - but that’s no problem in this context