Clynelish 1995 12 Year Old Refill Sherry Butt Signatory Cask Strength Collection

Clynelish 17 Year Old 1997 Signatory UCF

Clynelish 1997... that in itself already sounds magical to my ears. I have been fortunate enough to have tried many Clynelish of that vintage and so far it has always been a party. The expectations for this 17 Year Old are thus quite high. It was bottled by Signatory in their well-known Un-Chillfiltered Series. Andrew vatted two hogsheads and...

Score 86/100

Clynelish Signatory Un-Chillfiltered 1997 15YO

It's been a while since I tried the official 14yo Clynelish, one which I've always thought of as a bit of a cult favourite. I remember an exceptionally dry briney malt from the last time I tried any, (2 years ago). This one however seems to impart bananas on the nose initially. Not what I was expecting, but pleasant all the same. 2nd nosing...

Score 90/100

Clynelish 10 Year Old 1995 Signatory

Being from a sherry butt, this Clynelis is very pale indeed. Clearly refill. It was bottled in 2006 by Signatory, the independent bottler owned by Andrew Symington, the man who also owns Edradour distillery. The first thing that came to mind when smelling this Clynelis was Oxo! You know, the vegetable bouillon in powder form on which you pour...

Score 90/100

Clynelish 14 Year Old

On the nose my first impression is not great. The first big hit is of straight up harsh spirit. I keep going back but very little emerges. Finally after some water I get less spirit and more grain. There is some underlying muskiness but over all is slightly uninspiring I feel. When I drink it, I feel again that it is slightly drowned out by spirit...

Score 56/100