Old Malt Cask Clynelish 23 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 63 by Dave Broom and Arthur Motley.

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Tasting Notes

Dave Broom 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.

Arthur Motley 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.