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
노즈는 퍼스트필 버번 배럴에서 온 진한 바닐라와 밀랍, 잘 익은 사과 향으로 열린다. 클라이넬리시 2008 15년 숙성답게 하이랜드 코스탈 몰트 특유의 왁스 질감과 시트러스 뉘앙스가 발전한다. 팰럿은 57.4도의 도수 위로 꿀과 흰 후추, 짭조름한 미네랄이 또렷하게 드러나며 단단한 구조감을 만든다. 피니시는 마른 오크와 왁스, 옅은 소금기로 길게 이어지고, 첫 사용 버번 캐스크가 끌어낸 매끈한 질감이 끝까지 또렷하다.
AITasting 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