L08..2008的酒廠限定版!!

Clynelish 克里尼基 L08 2008版的
Available only at the distillery
57.3% 原酒 Natural Cask Strength
只有二瓶而以喔^^  
Clynelish (57.3%, OB, available only at the distillery, 2008) Colour: white wine. Nose: rather similar to the Cadenhead, but maybe a tad cleaner and showing more reserve. Just as waxy but less resinous than both 13’s at first nosing, but there’s quite some pine resin indeed after a good while. Also more mineral, flinty, almost lemony notes (lime). Not and easy dram at full strength, it seems that this one is rather for aficionados than for ‘simple’ tourists. Keeps developing for a long time, that is, with whiffs of cardamom, shoe polish, lemon balm, oysters... With water: this is interesting, as it got more ‘precise’ and ‘focused’. Cloves, ginger, wax and a faint yeastiness. Mouth (neat): an even huger punch than with the Cadenhead’s but also a straighter style. A lot of sweetness from the alcohol but also a little salt right at first sips. Pineapple sweets, vanilla and, indeed, a little coconut again. Other than that it’s a little raw so let’s not wait any longer and add water. With water: now we’re talking! More spices, more wax, more salt, more herbs, more smokiness, more, err, ‘clams’ (or any almondy/salty kind of seafood), tea, a little pine resin just like at first nosing... It’s still a little wild (at roughly 45% ABV) but even tourists should not dislike this ;-). Finish: long, even saltier and maritime. Comments: very interesting that the owners composed such a vatting for this ‘distillery only’ version. It seems that they tried to stay as close to the distillery’s character as possible, maybe at the expenses of simple ‘drinkability’. Well, as Clynelish aficionados, we certainly won’t complain! SGP:353 – 89 points.