Clynelish 1997 SCC
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Clynelish |
| Bottler | Single Cask Collection (SCC) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1997 |
| Bottled Year | 2012 |
| Age | 14년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Sherry Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 56.8% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
the fino-ish sherry isn’t big and we rather have a typical, very austere, waxy/grassy and pretty smoky Clynelish at first sniffs. Cut grass, lamp oil, graphite, candle wax, dry cider, hay, fern… It’s a profile I like but it’s no sexy whisky. Well, maybe I like it because it’s not very sexy, after all… With water: more raw barley, which is wonderful. Cigar box, maybe a little hazelnut oil…
restaurant Palate
oily, quite huge and powerful, with a rather strong bitter/orangey sherry that’s quite uncommon in Clynelish. Campari? Bitter liqueurs? It’s really powerful, so water would be welcome… With water: doesn’t change much, it just gets more sippable. Bitter oranges, Corinthian raisins, touches of maraschino, more Campari (while we’re in Italy, err…) Also a slight fizziness, not uncommon in Clynelish. Lemon squash
timer Finish
long, on the same notes. Maybe very faint cologny and kirschy touches – possibly from the sherry - but that’s no problem in this context