A coastal and peaty single malt, the flagship expression from Clynelish boasts a fabulous flavour profile filled with its distinctive waxy notes. Clynelish is the successor to Brora which closed in 1983, which it is built opposite. A well rounded Highlander, though this expression is a bit less peaty than the Brora bottlings of yore.
Zesty, mandarin, tangerine. Smoky.
Quite light, great clarity. Orange, soft acidity. Dry oak. Mixed fruits, vanilla, leather.
Quite long, bitter sweetness developing, spicy oak.
This isn't chill filtered or if it is only very slightly. Clear scotch mist in the glass when you add water and give it time. Excellent whisky. Diageo have clearly seen that this isn't a whisky to sell to the international market and more of a whisky connoisseur's single malt and have made it a craft whisky. 46% non chill filtered, natural colour. It is much improved on the bottle I had 5 years ago.
Punchy (add some drops of water) yet light, fruity and slightly briney, nicely oily and a whiff of smoke. Finish is (too) short given its palate for my taste. At the current quality a cracking whisky and a bargain for what it is at ~35€ in NL. Keep it like this please (or evolve it just slightly) Clynelish!
For the below commenter... Whisky that Compass Box gets for their blends would come from if not in the cask and unaltered.
Are you sure this is chill filtered and coloured with caramel? After adding water it turns cloudy, suggesting it's non-chill filtered and the colour is a very pale golden yellow, suggesting that no colour is added. Compass Box use Clynelish in their blends and they claim to never use whisky that is coloured or chill filtered. Either way, it's a very fine whisky for the money, not too dissimilar to Old Pulteney 17, which I think is better, but costs £30 more.
Sea salt, citrus and light smoke
