Clynelish 1989 Shi The Chess 5th Queen

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Clynelish
Bottler	Shinanoya (Shi)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1989
Bottled Year	2008
Age	19년
Cask Type	-
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	54.0%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Highlands

Flavor Profile

Vanilla

Sweet

Fruity

Creamy

Honey

Dried Fruit

Oaky

Citrus

Spicy

Nutty

Floral

Herbal

Chocolate

Maritime

Smoky

Peaty

Tasting Notes

Colour

straw

air Nose

yeah well, this is pretty perfect. It's big, starting sharpish - as it should - and literally exploding into myriads of tinier notes including rocks, wax, coal smoke, lemon, hessian, grapefruits, cigar ashes, cough syrup, oysters, dry white wine (Champagne?), leather… And others. With water: an old box of Lusitanias by Partagas. Amazing

restaurant Palate

perfect. It's got everything, it's almost like a vatting of several epitomical vintages (wot?) A bit of 1972's tropical fruits, 1983's perfect waxiness, 1995 or 1997's austere grassiness and lemons (see above)… Again, it's just perfect. With water: got grassy and more austere, kind of smoky and tarry. Grapefruits and oysters in the background

timer Finish

long, sharp, zesty, grassy, with more pepper and brine in the aftertaste

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