Age Matters is a new series by The Whiskyman . The labels feature big age statements, moving away from the current trend of hiding the age and claiming age is not very important when it comes to whisky. In fact even the distillery is hard to spot.

This ‘17’ is a 17 years old Clynelish 1996 . In the current line-up there’s also a Ledaig 15, Ben Nevis 16, Littlemill 21 and Bruichladdich 22.

 

Clynelish 17 yo 1996 (53,3%, The Whiskyman ‘Age Matters’ 2013)

Nose: not the obvious sherry influence. There’s spiced Mexican cocoa and toffee as well as some...

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