Clynelish 12 Year Old 1998 Signatory

Clynelish 14 Year Old

I must say that this whisky does keep you waiting. So the best approach to Clynelish 14 is to give it time to open up in the bottle. It really does wonders. NOSE: creamy toffee with fresh fruits, a hint o butane gas, salt, honey (sweet clover honey) with some spices and bees' wax. As it sits in the glass, you also get floral hints, big vanilla and...

Score 85/100

Clynelish 17 Year Old 1996 First Cask

It pays too once in a while clean out your sample cabinet. All the way in the back I found this sample of Clynelish 1996 that was bottled by WIN in 2013. Apparently it is a re-racked Sherry cask. At cask strength, of course. By now this one is nowhere to be found, my apologies (well, not that I can help it, of course). Oh, this is special...

Score 86/100

Clynelish 17 Year Old 1998 Signatory Vintage Collection

The Vintage Collection by Signatory is somewhat lesser known, but does not contain any lesser malts. Take this Clynelish 1998, for example, bottled at drinking strength in 2016. Two hogsheads were married for this release. The nose is surprisingly tropical, if you know what I mean. Baked apples, raisins and even a hint of – don’t laugh – curry...

Score 83/100

Clynelish 15 Year Old 1997 The Whiskyman

When you spot this bottle in the stores, you would think that it is an older bottling. The bottle sports a classic looking label that invokes ‘quality’. But make no mistake, this was only bottled this year, selected by Clynelish aficionado Dominiek Bouckaert for his own ‘The Whiskyman’ label. The little caricature of Dominiek gives it away....

Score 91/100