Jose-Massu-Espinel
Clynelish Distillers Edition
Single Malt — Highlands, Scotland
Reviewed
June 11, 2023 (edited June 12, 2023)
I was visiting enemy territory, the Johnnie Walker store at Prince Street in Edinburgh, where the staff were giving free whisky of your choice. I have had most of them, but not this Clynelish Distiller's Edition 2020, which actually is a distillery that i haven't tasted too many expressions from.
This 2020 release is bottled at 46%abv, with a 14yo age statement, matured in oloroso seco wood.
On the nose, it is all about almonds. Nutty, crushed almonds, red apples and pecans. Candle wax and pears. After a couple of sips, it gave me vanilla milk formula.
On the palate, it starts with a perfect mixture of red apples and pecans. Very spicy. Almonds and sider. Stewed apples.
Aftertaste can only be described as "oaky" and i truly despise using that term. Dry woodiness, almonds, slight pepper. More almomds, nuttiness and pecans.
Overall, this is a fairly good whisky. Nothing to special, and it feels like one more proof that most Johnnie Walker malts are average when left alone (not the case of Talisker or Lagavulin). Clynelish has never been a super whisky in my books, and this one proves mi theory once more. My score for it is 85 over 100.
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