Product Description

One of the jewels in the crown of our range - our stunning collection of old Clynelish! Fans of the previous bottlings will be relieved to hear that this is more of the same, with an added emphasis on the spices. A gorgeous whisky in the old Highland style. We are delighted to report that this bottling has just picked up the Gold Medal in the Highland category of Whisky Magazine's Independent Bottler's Challenge - winning us the Independent Bottler of the Year for the Highland category!

Product Facts

Bottler
Speciality Drinks
Series
Single Malts of Scotland
Age
35 Year Old
Vintage
1972
Bottling Date
April 2008
No of Bottles
273
Country
Scotland
Region
Highland
Cask Type
Hogshead
Cask Number
12651
Chill Filtered
No
Colouring
No

Clynelish 1972 35 Year Old SMoS

Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Speciality Drinks

70cl / 53.7%

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Tasting Notes

Tasting Notes by TF
- N
  Beautiful cooked blackberry and apple aromas, as with previous bottlings. Also plenty of spice (cinnamon, clove, dried ginger etc). Pastry, mincemeat, shortbread, pie crusts - this is just a sensational nose.
- P
  Big spicy hit, then the flavours from the nose emerge - apples, blackberry pie, honey, and still the lovely dusty, peppery, oaky spices.
- Finish
  Spices. Oak. Spicy oak. White pepper, some chilli heat. Oaky spiced fruit in a pie from the oven. Even hints of the vanilla ice cream with which to accompany it.
- Comment
  The only bad thing I can think of to say is that at the time of writing (Summer 2008), this whisky is slightly out of season - this is an autumnal dram, perfect to sit by the fire with after a hard Sunday picking blackberries. However, this being London the weather is suitably inclement. A magnificent old-style Highland whisky from one of our very favourite distilleries.
Tasting Notes from Whiskyfun (Serge Valentin)
- Comment
  From a hogshead. We loved a sister cask bottled last year (91) so we have deep hopes here.
- Colour
  Pale gold.
- Nose
  Yes. The expected winning combo of beeswax and dried/fresh fruits. Ripe pears, plums, blood oranges (really, and there are loads of them)… And more blood oranges and pink grapefruits. Orange squash. Hints of nutmeg and ginger as well (and ginger tonic), most probably from the wood. With water: even fruitier. Orange blossom water and strawberry jam. Lychee liqueur and fresh mint. Almost extravagant.
- Mouth (neat)
  An avalanche of fruity and waxy notes. At random: oranges (just any kind), grapefruits (ditto), quinces, dried ginger, fir honey, nougat… Quite some oak in the background (green tannins – okay here.) Faint hints of wasabi and quite some pepper. Paprika. With water: keeps developing but doesn’t change directions. Dates and figs, a little salt, cardamom, green pepper…
- Finish
  Rather long, more on waxy spices – or spicy wax – and a little mustard.
- Comments
  Almost all 1972 Clynelishes – and Broras of course - are great whiskies and this is no exception. Extremely typical. SGP:642 – 91 points.