Those were the years that I remember best. The bolded words are what kind clauses?

It's an adjective because it is a description. The thing it's describing are the years. So the "that I remember best" are describing the significance of the years.

The bolded words refer to an adjective clause.

"that I remember best" is acting as adjective, used to describe "the years."

generally, adjective clauses will start with a relative pronoun, making them easier to identify. "that" is a relative pronoun.