Clynelish 15 Year Old 1997 Boisdale Collection

Clynelish 17 Year Old 1997 Berry Bros & Rudd Cask #4050

Clynelish 1997. That in itself should be enough to start you drooling. I will put two sister casks head to head, both from Berry Brothers. Cask 4050 (this one) was bottled in 2014 at 55,2%. Cask 4051 (coming tomorrow) was bottled in 2015. Putting these next to each other is going to be a pleasure. Wonderfully waxy nose on stone fruit (mirabelles...

Score 87/100

Clynelish 15 Year Old Single Malts of Scotland

Single Malts of Scotland is one of the labels from Sukhinder Singh, the man behind the famous London based shop ‘The Whisky Exchange’. On 22 April 2008 he brought 576 bottles of this Clynelish Vintage 1992 (cask ref 1577/1637) to the market. Ah, the nose on this is good. Mineral with the obligatory waxiness. Quite some lime, peach, almonds and...

Score 86/100

Clynelish 20 Year Old 2000 Mobster on Mopeds

I’m quite naughty by revealing Clynelish immediately, for this is actually an ‘undisclosed’ malt. But when you label your release Unleash the Cline, well. I take full responsibility. This is the eight release already of these so called Mobsters on Mopeds, again very limited. Only 53 bottles. And of course bottle 53 of 53 is proudly displayed in my...

Score 86/100

Clynelish 20 Year Old 1995 Signatory Decanter Collection

In 2016 Signatory released this 20 years old Clynelish from the ‘magical year’ of 1995 in this beautiful decanter in their… err… Decanter Collection. It was – alas, I’m inclined to say – cut to 43%. But hey, experience has taught me that 40% or 43% can sometimes still lead to lovely things. It does not always have to be cask strength, right? While...

Score 87/100