Clynelish 23 Year Old 1974 Rare Malts Single Cask (1998) 70cl

Clynelish 23 Year Old 1974 Rare Malts Single Cask (1998) 70cl

Although understandably overshadowed by the stunning 1972 vintage releases in this series, the 1974 Clynelish is a wonderful whisky in its own right, with a gentle thread of smoke running through sweet, waxy, orchard and citrus fruit to herbal, tweedy, minerally Highland flavours. 1974 is a very rare vintage from the distillery - this was the sole official bottling and only a handful of other 1974 vintages have been released from independent bottlers.

The Rare Malts Selection was a historic selection of single malt whiskies from operational and lost distilleries that were released by Diageo between 1995 and 2005. As with the Flora & Fauna series, they were often from lesser-seen single malt distilleries.

This is a 1974 vintage Clynelish, bottled in May 1998.

Clynelish distillery as it is recognised today, was built in 1967 to replace the smaller distillery next-door, which was the original site of that name. The first distillery was closed, but later re-opened, changing its name to Brora (but that’s another story). Clynelish is part of the Diageo stable, having been taken over by DCL in 1912. Despite being an important part of the Johnnie Walker blends, it has long been bottled as a single malt.

59.1% ABV

70cl