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Clynelish 14-year-old

Overall rating
82.79/100
votes
89
Whiskybase ID
WB20452
Category
Single Malt
Distillery
Bottler
Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie
Coastal Highland Single Malt
Bottled
15.11.2015
Stated Age
14 years old
Strength
46.0 % Vol.
Size
700 ml
Label
'Clynelish 14' in red
Bottle code
L5319CM000 04915744
Barcode
5000281016528
Added on
30 jan 2011 4:07 pm
Colored
Clynelish 14-year-old
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Average value

€ 42.95

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Whisky Reviews for Clynelish 14-year-old

15 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 82.79 points

  1. Koalafant scored this whisky 70 points Expert Senior

    Not exciting, but I have never felt so comfortable and fitting
    • Nose
      Gentle mild with clear oak notes. Dry fruity after unripe apricots, gooseberry and baked quince
    • Taste
      Gentle mild with clear oak notes. Dry fruity after unripe apricots, gooseberry and baked quince
    • Finish
      long and quite bitter

  2. lincolnimp scored this whisky 82 points Connoisseur

    Clynelish H2H tasted in this order:-

    14 year 43% Flora & Fauna OB WB 50601 82/80/82
    14 year 46% OB WB 20452 86/70/72
    Distillery Only 2019 48% OB WB 140100 88/87/86
    Distillery Only 2008 57.3% OB WB 1163 86/84/83
    Clynelish Select Reserve 2014 54.9% OB WB 58122 86/86/87
    Clynelish Select Reserve 2015 54.9% OB WB 73373 87/88/88
    Clynelish 1990 27 year 49.5% cask 13155 Ian Macleod Dun Bheagan WB 115893 90/88/90
    Clynelish 1996 18 year 54.9% Hunter Laing Platinum Selection WB 62875 WB 90/91/90

    The first two OB were disappointing, the 46% 14 year was verging on rubbish, certainly not a patch on how I remember. The next four OB were good and final two IB were excellent.

  3. lincolnimp scored this whisky 82 points Connoisseur

    Nose is good, citrus and cream sums it up nicely.
    Palate, rubbish, flat and bitter the fruit is unripe.
    Finish, spicy but bitter
    I wonder if there was a problem with the sample?
    • Nose
      86 86
    • Taste
      70 70
    • Finish
      72 72

  4. DrunkDude scored this whisky 84 points Expert Senior

    good one, hands down recommend you go and get one since its of a goo0oooooooddoood price
    • Nose
      84 84
      floral vanilla lemongrass mint, honey
    • Taste
      85 85
      apples peaches, delicate and lovely
    • Finish
      83 83
      nut grass and chocolate

  5. Kumachan scored this whisky 90 points Expert Senior

    A great whisky because of its taste, balanced quality and complexity, its price is perfect for this quality. A whisky that will make fans and professionals happy. If it had to be given a subjective rating, it would be a 90.
    • Nose
      Gold dress, many tears, regular, fine and fast. It is concentrated on the nose, heady, a marinade of blackcurrant and cherry blossoms, orange blossom, acacia honey. A sweet and surprising sensation of red fruits, acid raspberry. Violet and anise, but also white flesh fruit like pear.Mineral and peppery, a little salty side.
    • Taste
      The palate is sweet and concentrated on pear, acacia honey and white flowers, violet and a lactic impression of pear yoghurt. It's tender, sweet and salty, camphor, cocoa, wet rock and zan on the finish.
    • Finish
      The finish is moderately long, earthy and mineral.

  6. valery77 scored this whisky 84 points Expert Senior

    • Nose
      85 85
    • Taste
      85 85
    • Finish
      85 85

  7. spigray scored this whisky 89 points Connoisseur

    • Nose
      88 88
    • Taste
      89 89
    • Finish
      88 88

  8. spigray scored this whisky 89 points Connoisseur

    I´m a sucker for these simple, straightforward clynelishes and could have them every day.
    don´ get me wrong, this is not a big whisky. it only satisfies my personal taste perfectly.
    89/100
    • Nose
      I think I could review this by heart, cause I have had so much of that stuff.
      lemons, apples , pears, beeswax, wet beach sand, whiffs of smoke. light malt and caramel, slightly gingery
    • Taste
      wonderful: coastal and mineral, just the right amount of wax and honey, very little fudge and a hint of a hint of peat smoke. vanilla.
    • Finish
      medium, clean,

  9. Vipère scored this whisky 85 points Member Junior

    Dress: caramel Nose: not very expressive and difficult to decipher. It's round and fruity, some notes a little buttered and a background more mineral. Palate: creamy and warm, a greedy texture with fruit. Final: light smoke, a little drier.
    Comment: a whisky quite complex and difficult to access when we start.
    • Nose
      83 83
    • Taste
      83 83
    • Finish
      83 83

  10. elferink scored this whisky 56 points Member Junior

    • Nose
      76 76
    • Taste
      74 74
    • Finish
      67 67

  11. lincolnimp scored this whisky 82 points Connoisseur

    • Nose
      86 86
    • Taste
      83 83
    • Finish
      82 82

  12. p4blo scored this whisky 82 points Expert Senior

    Nice summer dram for little money.
    • Nose
      Very light and sweet, honey, wax, some straw.
    • Taste
      Sweet on honey and malt, there is also butter, apricots and a bunch of spices. Quite mellow though.
    • Finish
      Medium long with spicy sweetness.

  13. The Macallan scored this whisky 70 points Connoisseur

    Quite a pleasant whisky, but when it has matured on South African Sherry butts then it's a different story, more exotic flavors.
    • Nose
      Floral, sweet and candle wax (reduced: more peatsmoke emerge still some sweety and floral notes)
    • Taste
      Maritime influences, smoky flavors with spicy and sweet notes (reduced: much softer and all the flavors from the unreduced situation seems to be lighter and even weaken)
    • Finish
      Dry start, briny with a light sweet melange of spices

  14. AlecM scored this whisky 87 points Expert Senior

    Nose: waxy, sweet like coconut oil and brown sugar. Hint of flowers. Scented candles.

    Taste: sweet, creamy, slightly oily then starts getting a bit salty and drying.

    Finish: maritime nature tends to predominate.

  15. Zitch did not rate this whisky Member Junior

    • Nose
      Fruity, on the golden green apple
    • Taste
      Well salty, suave, woody palate, some coffee notes
    • Finish
      Clearly on the wooded side and ash

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