nose
The young age is noticeable, the alcohol is noticeable. Interesting, tangy, tangy sherry with oriental spices. Very oily and maritime. The distillery comes through the barrel nicely on the oily side, even if the barrel had a very strong effect. Raisins, pickled dried plums, a little cinnamon and further strong spices with light curry powder.

taste
Here the waxy side comes to the fore, beautiful bitter sherry still very spicy, salty and now only slightly oily, but now also great combined with the mineral and waxy side of this "secret" distillery. A rather dirty dram, maybe with a bit of sulfur, but for me a nice combination of sherry, all kinds of spices and mineral-waxy aromas. I had hoped for such a taste from this bottling. The alcohol is now well integrated for 10 years, the dram has power and a lot of taste but the alcohol does not burn. Leather and wet tobacco, light liquorice and a little menthol are added. Towards the finish, a bit more spicy dark forest honey.

Exit
Medium long, still very tart and spicy with mineral notes and tart sherry with leather and cinnamon. Then a bitter, slightly bitter and mineral note lingers in the mouth for a long time.

Conclusion
I have to deal with the dram more often and in more detail, it looks young to the nose, but then in the taste it is very interesting and also typical of a distillery. I'll give it a little more time and then it could turn out to be a nice, if rather unspectacular, drinking whisky.
N-87, T-88, F-87 for 87 points that are still expandable.

Time helps this whisky take off its sherry dress.
Of course the sherry is still there, but after 20 minutes of breathing the "Secret Highland" aromas come through, which I was looking for in vain right after pouring.

For me personally one of the tastiest whiskys I've had.

I read this ought to be a Clynelish. Didn't come to mind.

Very dark color
A lot of oak freight for 10 years
Dark chocolate vanilla plum
Jam, orange peel
Great price / performance

I single handedly brought the score down from 87 to under 87 (at the time of writing).. and i think i did the right thing! This is no 87 p whisky, but it is a pretty tastey, coffee-sweet, bitter-herbs-and-ginger-with-little-oil 86-and-some points whisky…

joke aside, for me the clear winner is the taste, with a strong note of freshly opened cola zero.. very vibrant, very fresh and acidulated.. moving into bitter coffee and rose petal confiture. yes, it feels young, especially in the finish, where the artificial sweetener note becomes dominant, but the sherry sweetness and the Clynelish oily, slightly salty spirit make for a very enjoyable combination