7,000+ Whiskey Database
Liquor
Clynelish 1990 Signatory
Type
ABV
42.60%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Beeswax, fine herbs: marjoram, paraffin, juicy baked apples with cinnamon and tonka beans. Some incense, dried orange peel. Fruits coated in honey such as lychee, dragon fruit,
Taste
Not too watery onset. honey, propolis, cinnamon. Tonka bean, thyme, garden herbs. Fruit rather subtle, spicy oak, but not too astringent and dominant.
Finish
Dry, spicy, just a very subtle sweetness of vanilla.
Liquor
Clynelish 1992 Cadenhead
Type
ABV
50.4%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Beeswax, minerals, zesty, limestone, sweet fruits, peach, overripe pears, beeswax, zest.
Taste
sweet overripe fruits, vanilla, peach, lemon, beeswax, menthol, lime zestiness and that lovely fruitiness.
Finish
sweet, fresh and fruitiness, finish is mid-long.
Liquor
Clynelish 1995 Murry McDavid 12yr Bourbon/Sherry/Madeira
Type
ABV
46%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
funky wine notes with a kind of musty sherry, strawberry and cherries evident in the wine notes.
Taste
Very heavy grape notes with waxy fruits still coming through – pears and apples. Slightly malty, but overall a wine bomb.
Finish
Wine notes and tannins linger with strawberries.
Liquor
Clynelish 1995 Signatory
Type
ABV
56.30%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Very sweet, honey, canned peaches in sugar water, some fat powder, some waxy texture
Taste
very intense sherry notes, dried fruits, raisins, spicy, full-bodied, caramel, honey, leather, old wooden furniture, hot with pepper
Finish
Medium length.
Liquor
Clynelish 1995 Signatory CS for TWE
Type
ABV
56.30%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Very sweet, honey, canned peaches in sugar water, some fat powder, some waxy texture
Taste
very intense sherry notes, dried fruits, raisins, spicy, full-bodied, caramel, honey, leather, old wooden furniture, hot with pepper
Finish
Medium length.
Liquor
Clynelish 1996 20 Adelphi Selection
Type
ABV
50.60%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Pecan brownies, forest floor, a touch of menthol.
Taste
Dates and more pecans, now with a twist of fresh orange. Savoury hints of flaky pastry and caraway.
Finish
Subtle smoke and sea salt on the finish.
Liquor
Clynelish 1996 Connoisseur’s Choice
Type
ABV
46%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
subtle sherry with stewed pear, apple and toasted malt, toffee, demerara sugar develop, beeswax cinnamon, orange blossom honey
Taste
spicy with ripe banana and orange flavours, lingering dark chocolate edge, green apple, lemon, cinnamon linger.
Finish
Long. Woody. Some bitter fruits, more oranges. Wispy vanilla. Slight hint of anise.
Liquor
Clynelish 1996 Connoisseurs Choice
Type
ABV
46%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
subtle sherry with stewed pear, apple and toasted malt, toffee, demerara sugar develop, beeswax cinnamon, orange blossom honey
Taste
spicy with ripe banana and orange flavours, lingering dark chocolate edge, green apple, lemon, cinnamon linger.
Finish
Long. Woody. Some bitter fruits, more oranges. Wispy vanilla. Slight hint of anise.
Liquor
Clynelish 1996 for The Bonding Dram
Type
ABV
50.90%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
tutti frutti, honey, faint hints of mango and grass and a touch of flowers.
Taste
honey and vanilla. Some melon notes add some sweetness, with time, the faintest hints of pepper come out.
Finish
Some hints of flowers join this medium long finish.
Liquor
Clynelish 1998 54,8% Signatory Vintage for Massen Festival 10th
Type
ABV
54.80%%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Wax for sure, but also juicy and fizzy, on bananas, pears and lemon.
Taste
fizzy, candied, with the same fruits, the same gentle wax and some mineral touches to keep it balanced
Finish
Finish is clean and perfumed, in a good sense.
Liquor
Clynelish 1998 Signatory Vintage
Type
ABV
54.8%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Juicy, fizzy, banana and lemon, acidic pears.
Taste
Fizzy, waxy fruity lemonade. Candied, with the same gentle fruits, clean minerality.
Finish
Long, Clean, fresh, perfumed.
Liquor
Clynelish 20 1995 Signatory
Type
ABV
58%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Tobacco leafs, raisins, Paraffin or some polish. Oak and spices, some dry heather. A little bit of sulphur
Taste
Caramel and sweetness. Waxiness, nuts, traces of leather, dry fruits, spices, oily.
Finish
sweet with tones of caramel, some smoke and bitterness in the end. Long and surprising.