Caroline Reynolds
May 25, 2026, 15:10:35
Had a dram that was proper thick, approaching perfection straight out the glass. Smells pure earthier than usual, with this tarry rope and old oils, a lick of salt and something weirdly like putty. Then wham! – almonds drenched in heavy marmalade, very powerful, almost a heavy rum note riding the normal Clynelish character. True beast, this one. Colour’s deep gold. The orangy palate hits with more salt, but it’s smoother somehow. Copper coins and a metallic side that melts into wet earth. Just keeps delivering. Liquorice, then a somewhat simpler moment of pinesap and dark pitch before it goes all waxy and petroly again, like a cheeky splash of Jamaican rum dancing on the finish. Kept me coming back for another sniff. Mad dram.
