Review score, 8.5 out of 10
Mineral and saline notes mingle with candied cherries, citrus, gingerbread and caramel, making this decent whisky despite being an atypical Clynelish.
- caramel
- cedar
- chalk
- char
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By Thijs Klaverstijn
Highland malt distillery owned by Diageo. The current Clynelish distillery was built in 1967 beside the original 1819 distillery, which later became Brora.
Mineral and saline notes mingle with candied cherries, citrus, gingerbread and caramel, making this decent whisky despite being an atypical Clynelish.
A gigantic arrival of wet chalk, thick beeswax, citron and mandarin, with a long, resolutely coastal finish of salt, wax, citrus peel and chalk.
An extremely unctuous and oily whisky, with creamy bananas, papaya and ripe starfruit balanced by mineral notes, drying tobacco and evolving herbal hints.