93 pts pour cette version encore vendue récemment 105£ sur un site britannique très connu.
C'est incroyable, car je n'aurais jamais pensé qu'un flacon affichant des commentaires comportant "Burn caramel" ou caramal brûlé en final, soit honoré d'une telle note. Son prix attratif comparé à celui du 36 ans 1971/2007 44.6% 129£ me faisait penser qu'il se situait à un niveau en dessus de ce dernier alors que celui dégusté en parallèle, n'obtient que 88 pts.
A priori, on aurait affaire à un des meilleurs Q/P de l'année.
Un grand merci à Régis alias Piazzola pour m'avoir convaincu de le prendre.
Voici les commentaires de Serge publiés aujourd'hui même sur son site:
Clynelish 38 yo 1971/2009 (47.9%, Douglas Laing, Old Malt Cask, 145 bottles) Colour: gold. Nose: we’re well in the same category but with more vanilla, fudge and hints of butterscotch, maybe from the extra-two years (probably not, in fact). A marginally more rounded version, but still a tireless big fruity old malt. Hints of sandalwood and rosehip tea and finally big notes of freshly squeezed oranges. Delicate oakiness in the background (new cupboard). Hard to say which I my favourite, it’s probably on the palate that it’ll all happen. Mouth: mucho bigger than the 36yo, many times richer and certainly of a higher quality in my opinion. Just imagine a blend of many jams and spices plus a little honey and herbs… The oak is perfect. Pink grapefruits, tangerines, lemons, beeswax, soft ginger, Szechuan pepper… State of the art old new Clynelish. Finish: extremely long, extremely clean and extremely well balanced. A little more peat than in the 36yo. Comments: superlative, congrats to Douglas Laing. SGP:662 - 93 points.
Clynelish 36 yo 1971/2007 (44.6%, Douglas Laing, Old Malt Cask, 191 bottles) Colour: pale gold. Nose: well, it is a fruit monster as expected and well within the magical square (Benriach Bowmore Clynelish Lochside – no geography here). Starts as citrusy and ‘tropical’ as it can get, on an avalanche of tangerines and tinned pineapples but the trademark waxiness is well here as well, as well as a little honey and whiffs of damp clay or chalk that kind of prevents it from getting too exuberant, too easy and too, well, enticing. There is some ‘Clynelish austerity’ in there and that’s always good news. More and more on grapefruits and lemon tree honey. Only faint hints of ginger tonic. Mouth: the oak is more present at the attack, distilling hints of white pepper and faint floury notes right from the start and making the whole maybe a tad chalky, but the rest is as excellent as usual, with a lot of beeswax, bitter oranges, marmalade and hints of ginger. More white pepper and a little pepper and cinnamon in the development, as well as a very faint cardboardiness. Finish: long, on bitter oranges and cake, with quite some white pepper once again and just hints of peat. Comments: the oak starts to talk a bit loud here but we’re still in the very best territories, as often with these old ‘new’ Clynelishes. SGP:551 - 88 points.
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