Clynelish 19 Year Old 1995 Duncan Taylor Dimensions

Clynelish from the 1990s are among the best in my book. Everything distilled between 1992 and 1997 are gems. This one from Duncan Taylor is among those. I do wonder if this is cask strength. Probably not. Less than 50% after less than 20 years would have meant very greedy angels indeed.

The nose is very sweet and offers mostly… err… banana split! Next to this summery ice cream I also get some stewed apples and pears, some rocks and gooseberries. Very fruit, mind you. After a few moments, some mandarin join in. The typical Clynelish waxiness is also present on the nose.

It all starts very juicy on the palate – again banana, mandarin, vanilla, apples – but then becomes candy-like sweet and suddenly a bit dry. The oak has put its foot down. It also becomes more herbal. Grasses. The fruit goes green: gooseberries and Reine Claude plums. All very fine.

The finish is cosy and long. On more of the same, by the way.

A touch atypical for Clynelish maybe, but very good allt he same. Just a tad too dry to be a stunner. Oh, and I just noticed this is already my 75th Clynelish (stop blowing your own horn, Mark).

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