Clynelish 1971 DL The Old Malt Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Clynelish |
| Bottler | Douglas Laing (DL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1971 |
| Bottled Year | 2002 |
| Age | 36년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 44.6% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
oooh (Angus says yeah). Pure wax, beach pebbles, chalk, paraffin, daisies, struck flints (smoke), almost like a chenin. It does have an Old Clynelish character, although the whole is rather mellower. What we don’t find, and which was in, for instance, the 1972s, are the tropical fruits. This one’s straighter, with a blade-like quality. With water: more citrus, lemon peel, preserved lemons, and seawater. Limestone and of course, wax
restaurant Palate
extremely intense, it’s very Clynelish, textural, fatty, with loads of camphor, hessian, earth and floor, and a white fruit side, perhaps litchis. Touches of Szechuan pepper over a gravely character. Powerful minerality. Amazing whiskies… With water: if you could mix olive oil, wax, and lemon juice. Pure distillate character (Angus says it’s almost Scottish grappa). Emmanuel says it’s not whisky for just anyone, at least not a whisky for beginners. Let’s say it’s not totally consensual
timer Finish
long, fat, waxy, with a little pepper and orange peel. Some hay as well
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