Clynelish reviews

When the label on a bottle boldly states The Perfect Dram it has quite an expectation to fulfil, no? This 23 Year Old Clynelish was bottled by the German company The Whisky Agency. Buckle up!Loads of oak…

Single Malts of Scotland is a series brought to market by Sukhinder Singh, the owner of the popular The Whisky Exchange. This Clynelish 1972 already appeared in 2007, much to the joy of many whisky…

from a purchased sampleNose: Nearly inscrutable at first nosing. All the aromas are bound up rather tightly. Honey, wax, salt, and sweet green peppers with sugar snap peas. This could have been called…

from a purchased sampleNose: Delicately sweet and malty with trace wax, lemon zest, salt, and coastal stones. Perfumy vanilla with flecks of sharp ginger and pepper. We're on pretty solid ground so far…

from a purchased sample (22 Year Old 1983/2005)Nose: Nearly inscrutable at first nosing. All the aromas are bound up rather tightly. Honey, wax, salt, and sweet green peppers with sugar snap peas. This…

This will prove to be a hard review to write. When I write reviews I don't read any other tasting notes or reviews beforehand so I am completely uninfluenced. Sometimes afterwards I find official tasting…

Weird. I've read several of the reviews here, and none seem to resemble my experience. Such is the mystery of the single malt!Color: sunny.Nose: Clynelish is supposedly famous for its waxiness, and I…

sample from a friendNose: Waxy, coastal, and with sweet barley and hints of vanilla. Extremely graceful, almost sweet (not candied) ginger. Lemon zest and pith (waxiness), drop of peach juice. Yellow…

Warm thick slow arrival strong complex fruity middle long pleasant smoky finish. Perfect blend of Islay and Coastal Highland.

Johnnie Walker states on their Gold Label that Clynelish is the main single malt, so I assume it is this 14 year old. For $40 US less, I will take this one any day over JW Gold. It is a bit too floral…