Clynelish 14 Year Old 1998 casks 2460+2461 Signatory

Clynelish 14 Year Old

If you ask me, Modernism started at Clynelish. And this 14 yo is the liquid expression of Piet Mondrian’s "Composition in Brown and Grey" (google it...I did!)-- with its brownish mustard and grey sections within black line structures. All beset by a soft, fuzzy edge that tapers-off into infinity. Nose: Vanilla, pineapple, lemons, pears,...

Score 86/100

Clynelish 1997/2013 15 Year Old Signatory

Clynelish distillery is situated near Brora on the north-eastern coast of Scotland. It was built in 1968, next to the original Clynelish distillery which was closed. The original distillery was reopened in May 1969 under the name of Brora and until July 1973 produced a heavily peated whisky to supply the blending industry; this was done to cover a...

Score 87/100

Clynelish 14 Year Old 2005 Gordon & Macphail Connoisseurs Choice

Last year Gordon & Macphail gave their Connoisseurs Choice – the core range – a completely new look. This young Clynelish can still be found as it was recently bottled, for around 105 EUR. Fairly mineral, herbal and waxy nose on peach, nettles, yellow apples and liquorice. And I must admit, at first the nose doesn’t really rock my boat. But if...

Score 85/100

Clynelish 14 Year Old 2004 Samaroli

Are you ready for a legendary bottling? A future classic? Samaroli is already legendary, of course, but the 340 bottles of this special release ‘from Silvano’s collection’ which appeared two years ago are long gone by now. On the secondhand market (read: auction) this is sold for big money. Silvano Sigfirdo Samarli, born in 1939, passed away in...

Score 85/100