Clynelish 1994 MM
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Clynelish |
| Bottler | Murray McDavid (MM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1994 |
| Bottled Year | 2005 |
| Age | 11년 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon / Viognier (Cuilleron's Condrieu Casks) |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale white wine
air Nose
this is extremely playful, very fruity (gooseberries, green apples, bananas) and slightly mineral and waxy as usual. Still quite simple but already nicely balanced, with a little pepper already starting to come through. Also quite some fresh butter and a faint yeastiness a little less of plain fruit juice this time, starting much grassier and even a little bitter. It’s also unusually tarry, getting then mashy and slightly milky. Very natural – maybe a little neutral, actually. Good spirit but it would probably benefit from further ageing
timer Finish
rather long, fruitier again but very simple despite the notes of liquorice all-sorts. Not quite ‘Clynelish’ yet. 78 points . Clynelish 11 yo 1994/2005 (46%, Murray McDavis, bourbon/viognier, 1800 bottles) Murray McDavid go on with their wine encyclopaedia, this time it’s viognier, a white grape variety used mainly in the Rhone valley (here in Condrieu). Viognier is said not to age too well but when it’s young, it gives extremely classy whites, quite spicy and usually quite ‘round’ yet demonstrative. But viognier needs good terroir, otherwise it gets a little lumpish. Not in Condrieu, that is! Anyway, let’s try this whisky…
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