Clynelish 1965-1994 - 29 Year Old - Signatory Vintage - Single Cask 667

INFORMATION

Clynelish 1965 - 1994. 29 Year Old. Bottled by Signatory Vintage. 70cl. 52.1%.

A single cask from the old Clynelish distillery (aka Brora), bottled as a 29-year-old without colouring or chill filtration in 1994 by Signatory Vintage in their classic old dumpy ‘inkpot’ bottle. Cask #667 was a single sherry butt that yielded 530 bottles at its lip-smacking natural cask strength of 52.1%, and this is a classic old school Brora, with oily, waxy minerals & herbs, farmyard notes, spices and a thread of sooty phenols. 

DISTILLERY:Clynelish

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:52.1%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

Bottle PRODUCED:530

BOTTLER:Signatory Vintage

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK NUMBER:667

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Highland

DISTILLED YEAR:1965

BOTTLING DATE::1994

AGE:29

One of the Highland’s most iconic whisky distilleries, the modern Clynelish distillery dates from 1967, and ran alongside the original distillery (now known as Brora) between 1969-1983. The new Clynelish has six stills and a capacity of just under 5m litres per annum, much of which goes to owner Diageo’s blended whiskies, particularly Johnnie Walker.

Any Clynelish whiskies pre-dating the 1970s are from the distillery now known as Brora, as are most if not all of the old Ainslie & Heilbron official 12-year-olds that continued into the early 1980s. In the mid-1990s modern Clynelish was confirmed as a great whisky distillery in its own right when several outstanding 1970s vintages Rare Malts Editions and the Cask Strength Flora & Fauna 1980 appeared.

Independent bottlings of Clynelish are very common and some incredible whiskies, particularly from the mid-1990s vintages, have been released in recent years.