Clynelish 24 Year Old Cadenhead's for Sestante

Clynelish 14 Year Old

This is my own personal bottle that I opened in October of 2013, and as of April it is about half full. I have tasted this bottle on 5 occasions with notes (83, 86, 86, 85, 83). The following represents my overall impression of this bottle as it relates to six different Brora’s tasted one night in April. For bottle code people (like myself):...

Score 85/100

Clynelish 14 Year Old

Weird. I've read several of the reviews here, and none seem to resemble my experience. Such is the mystery of the single malt! Color: sunny. Nose: Clynelish is supposedly famous for its waxiness, and I definitely detect the sweet candle wax aromas here. But far more prominent to me is a spicy sting, like freshly cut jalapenos, seedy mustard, or...

Score 82/100

Clynelish 1972/2010 37 Year Old, Gordon & MacPhail «Book of Kells»

This Clynelish bottling was distilled in 1972, matured in a refill sherry hogshead and bottled by Gordon & MacPhail in their «Book of Kells» series on 3 March 2010 from cask #14299. This review looks at bottle #134 of a total of 246. I tried this at Bar Main Malt in Kobe, Japan. The nose is sweet and lush but not as fruity as I would have...

Score 90/100

Clynelish 14 Year Old

Johnnie Walker states on their Gold Label that Clynelish is the main single malt, so I assume it is this 14 year old. For $40 US less, I will take this one any day over JW Gold. It is a bit too floral and sweet for my tastes, and also not enough smoke. If it were not for these minor quibblings, I would boost this rating up into the low nineties.

Score 89/100