AnCnoc 18 Years

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10719
Knockdhu - AnCnoc
Scotland, Speyside
Single Malt Whisky
18 Years
46%
0.7 l
Original bottling
Sherry, Bourbon
Chill filtration - Without
Average tasting notes Tasting notes
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Nosing
Spices:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Fruit:
Spices:
Fruit:
Herb:
Herb:
Sherry:
Leather:
Leather:
Chocolate:
Caramel:
Caramel:
Chocolate:
Vanilla:
Sherry:
Vanilla:
Nuts:
Dried Fruit:
Dried Fruit:
Nuts:
Malt:
Oak:
Orange:
Dark Chocolate:
Cake:
Cinnamon:
Honey:
Zitrus:
Clove:
Dark Chocolate:
Orange:
Oak:
Malt:
Honey:
Cinnamon:
Cake:
Zitrus:
Clove:
Berries:
Nutmeg:
Plum:
Salt:
Coffee:
Maritime Notes:
Berries:
Date:
Maritime Notes:
Almonds:
Coffee:
Salt:
Plum:
Nutmeg:
Date:
Pepper:
Pepper:
Almonds:
Tasting
Spices:
Spices:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Caramel:
Caramel:
Sherry:
Sherry:
Oak:
Oak:
Zitrus:
Zitrus:
Fruit:
Malt:
Honey:
Vanilla:
Fruit:
Vanilla:
Honey:
Malt:
Nuts:
Herb:
Herb:
Lemon:
Lemon:
Nuts:
Orange:
Orange:
Pepper:
Dark Chocolate:
Dark Chocolate:
Pepper:
Dried Fruit:
Dried Fruit:
Tobacco:
Oil:
Tobacco:
Oil:
Chocolate:
Berries:
Date:
Floral:
Coffee:
Herbs:
Ginger:
Cinnamon:
Fig:
Grape:
Raisin:
Herbs:
Ginger:
Floral:
Berries:
Date:
Chocolate:
Fig:
Leather:
Raisin:
Coffee:
Grape:
Cinnamon:
Leather:
Finish
Spices:
Oak:
Oak:
Nuts:
Spices:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Malt:
Pepper:
Pepper:
Malt:
Sherry:
Oil:
Oil:
Herb:
Sherry:
Herb:
Caramel:
Nuts:
Caramel:
Zitrus:
Zitrus:
Orange:
Orange:
Dark Chocolate:
Fruit:
Honey:
Vanilla:
Vanilla:
Fruit:
Dark Chocolate:
Honey:
Ginger:
Chocolate:
Ginger:
Leather:
Date:
Date:
Leather:
Dried Fruit:
Chocolate:
Dried Fruit:

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TheGreatMothra
01. Feb 2020
Nosing:Spices Berries Almonds Leather
Sweet spiciness. Resins. Red fruit. Marzipan. Reminds me of a fruit pastry. There's also a certain leathery note going on as well. Very interesting, if not overly intense.

Taste: Orange Spices
Intense sweet arrival. Immediate hit of mandarin oranges. Spiciness builds over time and sweetness dies back.

Finish: Orange Ginger
Medium length with residual orange marmalade and spice flavours, some dry nuttiness develops, but still mostly fruit led.

Comment:
This is a fantastic release. It has a lot of the charm of many sherry matured finishes, but doesn't suffer from the over the top cask influence that a lot of them show. It's a bit more expensive, but well worth it, and compared to other 18 year olds, not excessively priced. The bottling presentation is good, it'll take a little water, but it doesn't need much. If i had to make a criticism, I'd say the finish could be longer, but really, it doesn't let the side down. I'll definitely be keeping some of this around.

89/100
03. Aug 2020
Lambence
17. Oct 2016
Nosing: Caramel Caramel Caramel Orange Orange Salt Vanilla

Taste: Pepper Cinnamon Caramel Spices

Finish: Caramel Spices Oak

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