Adelphi Clynelish 1997 (18 Year Old)

Excellent beading suggests good mouth texture, typical of well-aged whisky from this distillery. A little nose prickle to start, faintly mineralic, flinty and waxy possibly waxy sweet cakes, frosted icing and ripe banana skins (again typical of the make). After a while, a fruity note appears, lychees or mangosteen, and Turkish Delight. Finally, the maritime notes appear with clam shells on a beach. Candle wax increases in the taste, both oily and sweet, with herbs, honey roast ham (quite meaty) and melting icing sugar, orange a cinnamon. With water, it becomes more peppery—fine white pepper. Smooth with a big texture, mouth-filling, teeth coating –everything you’d expect from Clynelish.