Clynelish 1982 Bottled 1997 Flora & Fauna

Clynelish 14 Year Old

Nose, Taste, Finish and Balance are graded out of 2.5 each: Nose: Immediate banana sherbet seduction, a serenade of sweet avocado and smokey seaweed, all set in a warm salty sea air, this heady combination liable to make anyone weak at the knees. 2.5 Taste: Soft, warm and caressing. There is a waft of orange incense smoke that fills the palate,...

Score 90/100

Clynelish 16 Year Old 1997 Brachadair

Do you remember Brachadair? This Belgian bottler made quite an entrance a couple years ago with three lovely releases: Braeval 1991, Arran 1996 and Laphroaig 1998, all single casks. But then all went quiet… until now. Patrick and his team have finally obtained an excise bond from the government and can now truly get into higher gear. This...

Score 89/100

Clynelish 13 Year Old 1998 Maltman

This is a very pale Clynelish. Obviously a bourbon cask, bottled by the Meadowside Blending Company and marketed under the Maltman label. It was distilled in May 1998 and bottled after 13 years, in August 2011. No coloring or chill filtration. The waxy nose is dominated by honey, lime peel, pears and unripe plums. A very small pinch of pepper and...

Score 85/100

Clynelish 17 Year Old 1997 Berry Bros & Rudd Cask #4051

Importer WIN – Whisky Import Netherlands under the stewardship of Marcel Bol – celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2015. To celebrate, they selected this cask of Clynelish 1997, bottled at cask strength and taken from the warehouses of Berry Brothers. I have put it H2H against cask 4050, also from BBR. This one is clearly the better one....

Score 90/100