1994 Gordon & Macphail Connoisseurs Choice Clynelish 16 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)

Located on the stormy sea coast of Sutherland, the Clynelish distillery is a replica of the modern Islay distillery, Caol Ila, and faces the now abandoned Brora distillery. When the distillery was built in 1819 by the future Duke of Sutherland, the quality of Clynelish whisky was already highly prized and only private customers were supplied; “trade orders” were refused and Clynelish was “always the highest priced of any Scotch whisky.” Between the 1960’s and early 1980’s, both Brora and Clynelish distilleries operated with Brora ceasing production in 1983.

At Clynelish, barley is malted with a medium peat and mashed with water from the Clynemilton burn to produce the wort, which is then distilled twice in pot stills. Clynelish’s style is coastal, with some ‘island’ character - namely, a classic seaweedy, salty tang. This bottling from Gordon MacPhail was distilled in 1994 and bottled in 2010.

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