Clynelish 1983 SMWS 26.61 Black bullets in a posh library
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Clynelish |
| Bottler | The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1983 |
| Bottled Year | 2009 |
| Age | 25년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Hogshead Ex Bourbon |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 55.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
starts quite powerful, a little kirschy and very mashy, not very ‘Clynelish’ if I may say so. The anticipated waxiness isn’t quite there and there’s rather quite a lot of vanilla and cooked butter on top of all this rawness. Something raosted as well (nuts and bacon). Gets then farmier and more herbal – in other words, nicer. Mineral. Water may help. With water: full Clynelish now. All sorts of oils and waxes (linseed, lamp oil, graphite). A little peppermint as well
restaurant Palate
powerful, with the same kind of raw start as on the nose albeit fruitier, almost sugary in fact. Fructose. Also very grassy, between lemon and grass actually. With water: better, there are just faint ‘chemical’ notes (ink? Lavender?) but also quite some salt. Excuse me, a saltiness
timer Finish
long, grassy, earthy and liquoricy (liquorice wood)