Clynelish 2008 GM Connoisseurs Choice - Cask Strength
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Clynelish |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2008 |
| Bottled Year | 2021 |
| Age | 15년 |
| Cask Type | First Fill Bourbon Barrel |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 57.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
deep mahogany
air Nose
mahogany indeed! Rosewood too, along with other ancient varnished hardwoods, old furniture oils, pot pourri, waxes, liquorice and verbena. I find this batch of casks rather an extreme and individualistic take on Clynelish, one of the few examples where sherry seems to work. Although, you really have to be in the mood to wrestle with this kind of beast. Strong fruit teas, waxed canvass, natural tar, green walnut liqueur, aniseed bitters, shoe polish, stropping leather and vapour rubs. Hugely impressive, but a demanding and challenging dram. With water: a little easier with all these quite gloriously scented and aromatic hardwoods, dried flowers, aged orange peels, (cheng pi?) and umami sauce. Also things like caraway, venison salami and toasted fennel seed
restaurant Palate
rose syrup, strawberry wine, fruit cordials and walnut oil. Salted liquorice, natural tar, wood resins, black coffee and quince. Many dark fruits stewing in old Cognac, some peppery tannins grip around the edges as well with a hint of caramelising muscovado sugar. With water: easier and more luscious now. Lots of red fruit jams and cordials. Rose syrup, Turkish delight, aniseed, cough mixtures, herbal bitters and many old school ointments and medicines
timer Finish
long, leathery, earthy and bursting with leaf mulch, tobacco, espresso, rancio and bitter herbal liqueurs
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