Cladach Blended Malt Scotch Whisky

Name: Cladach Blended Malt Scotch Whisky
Brand: Cladach
SKU: 117733
Rating: 86.95 (117 reviews)

Overall rating: 86.95/100
votes: 117

Whiskybase ID: 117733
Category: Blended Malt
Distilleries: Caol Ila, Lagavulin, Oban, Talisker, Clynelish, Inchgower
Bottler: Diageo (Diag)
Bottling serie: Diageo Special Releases 2018
Bottled: 2018
Strength: 57.1 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Bottle code: L8071CM003
Barcode: 5000281051802
Added on: 15 Sep 2018 11:59 am by holborndrinker

Average value

€ 163.81

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Whisky Reviews for Cladach Blended Malt Scotch Whisky

20 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 86.95 points

LordBellamy scored this whisky 89 points
17 Mar 2019 5:21 pm
Water: No, it is perfect in original strength

Conclusion: Bämm, you can see here every single distillery, which combine into a great blended malt: the beeswax notes of Clynelish, the salt notes of Oban, the smoke flavors of Caol Ila and the heavy peat notes of Lagavulin, and in the finish the Talisker beats with his peppery finish by. The two lead malts are m. E. Clynelish and Talisker. Very nicely done!!!

Nose

90 90

Beeswax, yellow fruits (dried apricot), smoke and some peat, some pepper, a distinctly maritime salt note, sherry aromas with dark fruits and some raisins sparkle in between, even some tobacco can be found

Taste

88 88

first dark sweetness with lots of caramel and toffee, then put through the peat notes, but also some smoke is there, as well as oak with cloves and leather polish

Finish

88 88

medium to long, again the successful blend of waxy salty notes, sherry and peat and smoky notes, which end in a peppery finale
Brunobaer1887 scored this whisky 86 points
20 Jul 2020 10:50 am
Nose

87 87

Taste

86 86

Finish

86 86
Likudi scored this whisky 88 points
18 Jul 2020 5:53 pm
Needs a few drops of water, otherwise it is too one-dimensional. If you have a few drops too much, it will be boring. So dribble carefully :)

Nose

87 87

Taste

88 88

Finish

88 88
markjedi1 scored this whisky 86 points
28 Oct 2018 8:30 am

Coastline

Cladach is this year’s ‘secret bottle’, like Collectivum XXVIII was last year’s. In other words, this was revealed late in the game. Cladach means as much as ‘coastline’ and is a blended malt, composed of six coastal single malts: Coal Ila, Clynelish, Lagavulin, Oban, Inchgower and Talisker. This has got to be good, right?

Hello! Immediate maritime elements on the nose (doh!) with salt, soot, seaweeds, oysters and a mild development of smoke. Blind, I might have mistaken this for a Lagavulin at first, which leads me to believe this is the dominant malt. But the typical pepperiness from Talisker is present as well, while the Clynelish takes care of a lovely waxy note. Some clear honey, limes and lemons, a leaf of mint and something that reminds me of butane gas, I kid you not. Some pastry, but all the way in the background. Know what? This is absolutely stunning.

Great body and immediately quite dark and sooty on the palate. Great continuation of the nose with sweet and salty notes. Quite some smoke and soot, but soft and creamy at the same time, with smoldering wood, charcoal and liquorice, salt & pepper… You can almost chew this one!

Medium long finish, but very balanced with an uppercut of vanilla at the death.

This blended malt truly is more than just the sum of its parts. Value for money. It is yours for 160 EUR. I did not doubt and got me two bottles. Bring on a cold winter!
Totoro scored this whisky 89 points
15 Jan 2021 4:17 pm
[Review sample from a half-full bottle]

Nose

90 90

Oh, interesting: when I first opened this bottle (and perhaps for the longest part of its first half), my main aroma impression was sherried Lagavulin. Now that some air has gone into it, the peat intensity has reduced somewhat and I'm actually picking out the (grassy, fruity, spicy) Inchgower more clearly. Which isn't to say that the smoke has disappeared – it still walks a tightrope between farmy and coastal, and I still get the impression that this is not merely a huge vat of Caol Ila with some other malts teaspooned in (which might've been the most economical approach). You can actually catch whiffs of Talisker and at least imagine that this waxy, saline, maritime aspect derives from Clynelish and Oban. Definitely complex and well-matured: this never noses "young," and as I mentioned above, there's a good deal of sherried malt involved. If I had to guess, I'd put the medium age of the components at around 16-18 years. I love well-aged maritime malts, I'm a fan of pretty much every distillery involved here, so it should comes as no surprise that I love this nose. Over here in Germany, you can currently get a bottle for around 100 €, which, to my mind, is crazy good value.

Taste

88 88

Intense, with spicy, herbal peat, a fat sweetness, and indeed a lot of sherry. Camphor, rosemary, raisin bread, plum pudding, berry jam, a touch of new oak. If you like the Lagavulin Distiller's Edition and can handle higher strengths, you'll love this. Thick and rich and well drinkable at bottling strength. Again: apart from the initial herbal impression, I don't get the sense that Caol Ila is doing the heavy lifting here. My feeling on the tongue is: sweetly sherried, teenaged Lagavulin, some young and brash Talisker, a bit of active, spicy American oak, and a (less discernible) blend of the other coastal distilleries to fill in the gaps. It's a bit simpler and less deep on the palate than on the nose, and apart from the raisiny PX sweetness, there's not a whole lot of fruity finesse going on, so we're dropping below the 90-point-mark here, but it's still a hugely satisfying and powerful affair.

Finish

89 89

Before and as it goes down, you definitely get the famous Talisker "chili catch." Then it unfolds on spicy oak, sherried sweetness (perhaps with only the tiniest touch of rubber), deep peat, and a lovely lingering salinity. Very long, retains its sweetness all the way through.
Mapl scored this whisky 88 points
10 Oct 2020 7:21 am
sidqi scored this whisky 91 points
07 Mar 2021 2:13 pm
A masterpiece blended malt whisky!

Nose

91 91

The first impression is a smoky and fruity highland malt.Immense,complex and well-balanced,sweet oak spices,some ripe fruits,baked fruits,beeswax,a little herbal,licorice,maritime,briny,a little waxy.Slightly medicinal,a little sooty and dusty.
After adding a few drops of water,it’s getting more smoky,the Lagavulin notes come out.

Taste

92 92

Rich and mellow,sweet and briny.Oily and creamy,splendid mouth-coating,tannin dryness,black pepper,berry fruits,smoky.Very rich and chewy.

Finish

90 90

Very long and spicy,smoky,sooty and dusty,warm spices,pineapple,tannin dryness and a little bitter,herbal and peppery.
thebonewolf scored this whisky 90 points
15 Feb 2021 8:43 am
If Blue Label were this, nobody would have anything bad to say about it.

Nose

88 88

Familiar. Earthy caramel, vague smoke, slight hospital/lab.

Taste

92 92

Smoke, wood, spice, leather, tobacco kinda.

Finish

91 91

Earthy smoke, salinity. Medium long.
Abadon05 scored this whisky 87 points
11 Oct 2020 2:58 pm
Nice and a different kind of blend. No marriage and harmonious integration, but each distillery can be guessed at depending on the situation.

Nose

88 88

Surprisingly flowery and honey-like. A slight sea note slides underneath, but hidden.
You can tell that there are individual distilleries and, to be honest, I think that's good. Very interesting and good that no attempt was made to involve everyone here.
Light pipe tobacco is still recognizable as well as some sherry. With a deeper drag and a little time, the marine smoke notes come through stronger.

Taste

87 87

Beeswax paired with dark cherry notes and a little caramel. Then the smoke comes only gradually. The honey sweetness remains. The smoke now settles on the tongue and remains. The flavor of the alcohol strength is easy to hear.

Finish

87 87

Medium length. Salt notes come out very, very strongly. Here you can clearly see the influence of the Islay. A slight chili match of the Talisker can also be seen.
Expraesi scored this whisky 92 points
06 Oct 2020 10:02 pm
Nose

91 91

Taste

93 93

Finish

92 92

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