47,5°
Distillery : Clynelish - Highlands
Refill Hogshead
Independent Bottling
By Douglas Laing & Co.
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2023
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Peated around 8 ppm
The Black Series is the pinnacle of what Douglas Laing can normally produce, when they're not celebrating a birthday. It appeared in 2019 and brings together around 30 exceptional bottlings that are very old and very limited. Here we have a 25-year-old Clynelish, aged in a Refill cask, which will give the distillate plenty of latitude. Only 129 bottles were produced and sold exclusively on the French market as part of the Collection New Vibrations.
Let's Taste It :
Thick, sticky, honeyed wax, parquet cira. Very sweet yellow plum, mirabelle and white grape. Slightly fermented. A lovely, enticing smoke develops slowly. Burnt hay, toasted cereals. Dash of vanilla, green apple. Perfect balance. The palate continues in the same vein, smooth, fruity, wax and honey, dates and quinces, rich, lively spices, nutmeg, pepper. Long, woody finish, cinnamon leaf, bay, humus, hot chestnuts, damp earth, vegetable moss, cola, hazelnuts, a zest of lemon.
In Short,
A Clynelish that is very Clynelish, intense, very waxy, fruity, lemony, remarkably smoky and instantly recognisable. Perfectly bodied. It would be a great opportunity to own it, but it requires a substantial budget.
Score : 91
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Brandi Carlile - Madman Axross the Water
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