Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice Clynelish 13 Year Old 2007 Refill Sherry Hogshead

Clynelish 13 Year Old 2007 Refill Sherry Hogshead is a single cask Highland single malt bottled by Gordon & MacPhail in 2021 for the Connoisseurs Choice range. Distilled at Clynelish in 2007, it matured in a single refill sherry hogshead and was bottled at 56.5% ABV, yielding just 276 bottles of 700 ml. The sherry cask brings dried fruit, toffee and chocolate depth, with waxy notes showing through on the finish.

Tasting Notes: Christmas cake, maple syrup, toffee pudding, jammy berries, wax.

Nose: Nutty and chocolatey with Christmas cake, cigar tobacco, maple syrup, honeycomb and jammy red berries.

Palate: Rich and fruity, with sticky toffee pudding, honeyed figs, raspberry, apricot, espresso and leather.

Finish: Long, coating and elegantly sherried, with wax, leather, chocolate, tobacco and spice.

Serve: Neat, with a few drops of water if preferred.