Clynelish Distillery
ABV 50%
All comes together at the end.
Dave Broom
Douglas Laing
Old Malt Cask
Brand
Douglas Laing
Bottler
Aged 23 Years
Expression
Single Malt
Type
23
Age (Years)
2006
Year of Bottling
50%
ABV
Highland
Region/Country
Independent Bottling
Bottling Type
Taster
Nose: Tobacco pouch and crisp wood with some signs of maturity. Black banana and a herbal note. Oak driven.
Palate: Sweet start banana and raspberry sweets. The oak is quite grippy but not unpleasantly so. Oranges and a silky texture. Long and juicy.
Finish: Soft and then drying and then returns to an apricot note and some cocoa.
Comment: All comes together at the end.
Score: 8
Taster
Nose: Light fruity notes such as honeydew melon, pineapple and lychee are underpinned by a wax jacket/candlewax element. White chocolate and some drying spice. The chlorine whiff of a swimming pool possibly there too.
Palate: Pineapple and nutmeg spice.
Finish: Chocolate.
Comment: Good complexity and typical of this hearty distillery.
Score: 8.8
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