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
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’