Clynelish 1999 ElD 21 Years of Friendship
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Clynelish |
| Bottler | Elixir Distillers (ElD) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1999 |
| Bottled Year | 2020 |
| Age | 21년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Butt |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 57.6% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
deep orangey gold
air Nose
an extremely aromatic and scented profile at first. I don't think sherry and Clynelish usually pair too well (as Serge has already said on these pages more than a few times I suppose) but the initial impression here is one of peaches, nectarines, pot pourri, dried flowers, tangerine peel, Earl Grey tea and crystallised citrus fruits. I find it really enchanting so far, with a sense of the distillate and sherry getting along extremely well together - but then again, I suppose it is supposed to be about friendship. With water: fresher and lighter on its feet now, it becomes more about breads, savoury pastries, more of these dried floral notes, more teas, exotic ones this time, and hints of wild strawberry and dried raspberry
restaurant Palate
big, leathery, spicy and syrupy but also with an immediate fruitiness that takes in blood orange sorbet, juniper, dried mango, melon and papaya. Strawberry jam, red fruit teas and a touch of chocolate liqueur. The waxiness of the Clynelish feels more like a syrupiness here, conjoining with all these jams and fruits from the sherry in an unusual but beautiful fashion. With water: juicy, increasingly jammy, syrupy, fruity and showing all of these very fleshy and pulpy ripe fruit qualities. The sweetness remains wonderfully natural and there's this warm glow of pepper and wax from the Clynelish behind it all
timer Finish
long, full of red and green fruit cordials, various teas, herbal infusions, pomegranate syrup, strawberry wine and even gummy bears
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