Clynelish Distillery
ABV: 57.5%
Age: 19 Years Old
Year Bottled: 2014
Style: Single Malt
Country: Scotland
Region: Highland
Overall
Score
8.2
Nose
Oily and grainy with dried, oxidised fruit. Wheat flakes and herbal rye-like notes. Youthful and exuberant with the herbal notes intensifying. Honey and creamy oak add sweetness. Water mutes the aromas.
Palate
Soft and oaky. Buckets of creamy vanillins, sweet barley and alcohol! Hints of dried fruit, but the alcohol dominates. Diluted, it becomes watery and vague, Sawdust notes appear.
Finish
Still quite oaked! Water brings out the herbal notes but there’s no taming the alcohol!
Comment
Unbalanced and too alcoholic. Falls apart with water.
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