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Clynelish 1974 / 23 YO

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The Rare Malts are a now-discontinued series of cask-strength releases designed by Dia­geo to show­case some of the hid­den trea­sures in their port­fo­lio. This is a clas­sic Clynel­ish orig­i­nally released in 1997, so stocks are now under­stand­ably very low.

Accord­ing to some this peace is really worth every penny.

Clynel­ish 1974 / 23 YO9.0102

About the whisky

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July 5th, 2010
avatarJens Wedin

Colour: Bright, oily rape oil

Nose: This one comes with a smooth nose of caramel. Does not have that round­ness. A faint tone of alco­hol (which is good).

Taste: Lovely smooth and silky. Lots of fruits and a dry fin­ish. Hints of vanilla and burnt toffee.

Con­text and sum­mary: I had this on the bal­cony in a sunny sum­mer evening. I tasted the dram after some tea and bis­cuit. I believe that this Clynel­ish is quite mild & soft. I love the sweet­ness and the dry grassy fin­ish. It’s some­what oily and and the taste sites for a few min­utes. As I writ­ten before, this is one of my favourites. This time though I was really look­ing for some­thing with a more com­plex­ity and charisma. Any­way, still lovely and great for great moments. I did not taste the dram with water at this time.


April 18th, 2010
avatarJens Wedin

I link to TWE but I see that it’s out of stock there. Any­one else know where you can get a Clynel­ish 1974 / 23 YO?


April 18th, 2010
doomsdaysjesus

Var får man tag i denna fin­whisky ? Edit: Where can you find this whisky today?


March 20th, 2010
avatarJens Wedin

My top of top whisky, I give it ten out of ten. This one I only drink at spe­cial times


February 16th, 2009
Chwisgi.com blog | A daughter

[…] I became a proud father to my daugh­ter, Elsa. To cel­e­brate this I of course had sip of my favorite Clynel­ish 1974 23 YO […]


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