Clynelish 1996 MM Aficionado

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Clynelish
Bottler	Murray McDavid (MM)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1996
Bottled Year	-
Age	16년
Cask Type	-
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	53.3%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Highlands

Flavor Profile

Vanilla

Sweet

Oaky

Creamy

Fruity

Honey

Dried Fruit

Spicy

Floral

Nutty

Citrus

Chocolate

Maritime

Herbal

Peaty

Smoky

Tasting Notes

Colour

dark gold

air Nose

what is this? One of the most un-Clynelish Clynelishes I could nose, with a dry sherry that’s rather dominating. Then earth, parsley, soy sauce, struck matches, metal (mum’s old aluminium pans) and gentian eau-de-vie. Little Clynelishness, even after ten minutes or more. Maybe water is the key… With water: becomes gamy, with even more matches. Or brown coal? Cigars? Tarmac? Soy sauce and chicken soup?

restaurant Palate

intriguing, the combination of a leafy sherry with the big spirit that’s Clynelish is almost creating a third dimension, between oxtail soup and walnut wine. Some sweet mustard too, or some kind of yet-unknown Outer-Mongolian sauce to go with yak meat? Whaf! Pepper. With water: ah, becomes disappointingly normal now. I’m joking, this is much better. It’s even a little briny. Manzanilla (I’m thinking of Lustau’s Papirusa)

timer Finish

long, salty, dry, even more ‘manzanilla’

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