SMWS Code
26.218
Distillery
Clynelish
ABV
61.2%
Age
10 Years
Cask
1st Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel
Vintage
2012
Region
Highland
Flavor Profile
Spicy & Sweet
Category
Scotch
Tasting Notes
The whisky displays the distillery's characteristic fresh, clean profile with prominent notes of fresh linens, bath salts, and beach pebbles, complemented by herbal toothpaste and lemon peel. Softer background tones of honey and caraway add complexity, while water reveals hand cream, gorse flowers, soda bread, and barley water with a subtle waxy quality.
The neat palate is sweet and full-bodied, with flavours of heather ale, camphor, and a classical waxiness alongside candied fennel seeds and sweet oak milk. Water integration brings candied lemon rinds, dried papaya, pineapple jelly beans, and sweet cough medicine notes.
The finish is rich, sweet, and satisfying, with lingering waxy textures and the residual sweetness of candied fruits and heather characteristics.