Wemyss Chewy Pineapple Crisps (21yo Clynelish)

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Chewy Pineapple Crisps is another Wemyss single barrel bottling of 1997 Clynelish whisky. It was aged for 21 years in a single hogshead before being proofed down to 46% and bottled in 2018, yielding 261 bottles.

This was tasted partially blind with another Clynelish bottling, their names (which are rather palate-influencing) were not revealed until after these notes were written.

This is my fifth in a series of 6 reviews of Wemyss products.

Distiller: Clynelish
Distilled: 1997
Bottled: 2018
ABV: 46%
Age: 21yo
Cask type: Hogsheads of undisclosed origin
Source: Pour at Grand Terminus, Bergen, Norway.
Setting: Unblind.

Nose: Toffee apple bomb! Vanilla forward. Bourbon, white bread, wood, and a buttery plastic note.
Palate: Briney, gingerbread and a bourbony vanilla note. Heat builds.
Finish: Pineapple, baking spice. Hot and oily, a particularly long finish.
Overall: Jesus, they were not lying about the Pineapple part. That was the first thing I got on the finish, before even hearing what the name was. I also loved the briney bourbon note running through the whole thing. It is crazy how different this was from the other 1997 Clynelish. It bares little resemblance. In comparison, I liked the nose of this one more. If one could somehow merge the nose of this whisky with palate of the other, well that would be an 8.
Rank: 7