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beste Clynelish van Serge gerate de laatste 12 proevingen:
Clynelish 18 yo (50.6%, The Whisky Exchange for The Whisky Show London, 2014) Five starsCould be a 1996 or could be a 1995, or a vatting. Love the retro label, as well as the rather provocative ‘Pure Malt’ appellation. The darker colour suggests sherry’s been in use. Colour: dark amber. Nose: well this is different. Adios purity and cleanliness, but not freshness! We’re having cigars and chocolate, a little stout, notes of roasted chestnuts, whiffs of amontillado, and then rather Banyuls or Rivesaltes. Rancio! With water: more of all that. Don’t I detect white truffles as well? (Alba!) Mouth (neat): rum from Sutherland! Seriously, wasn’t that rather a rum cask? Demerara sugar, marmalade, then citrons, bananas flambéed, toasted pastries… The spirit’s zesty side manages to shine through after a few seconds, like Moses splitting the Red Sea, and the whole becomes zestier and more ‘Clynelish’. Fun. With water: becomes more herbal, and a little leafy/leathery. Black bread. Finish: long, with notes of rosehip tea, perhaps. Comments: the fact that it’s a very different mid-to-late 1990s Clynelish isn’t the least of its advantages. Brilliant and rare. SGP:562 - 91 points.
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