Knockdhu renamed their whiskies anCnoc to avoid confusion with the nearby Knockando distillery. This 12 year old exhibits a gentle, non-sherried style of whisky.
Aromatic, quite robust. Honeysuckle, fresh flowers, cereals, barley.
Medium, good sweetness. Madeira, winter spices, mocha, Crème de Cacao, herbal hints and toasted granary bread.
Medium length, great interplay between oak and barley.
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Superb - and can compete with bottles 3 times its price Cant go wrong with this whisky. Try it, you wont regret it !!
This is a well-balanced scotch with a smooth and slightly oily mouthfeel and a pleasant herbal/oaky bouquet. It is definitely light to medium in character, so good for the warmer months. It has a honeyed character with herbal and grassy overtones, with an almost minty aftertaste that lingers and decays into an almost tea-like taste. Overall a very pleasant whisky, though not as rich, or as satisfying, as the Glenmorangie 10 - "light but substantial" sums up its character quite nicely. I didn't taste any medicinal quality whatsoever -I add 1 small ice-cube, let it melt for a couple minutes, and then swirl. I would say this is a great "starter" whisky with its light body, and most similar to the Oban 14, but cheaper!
This is a challenging one: bitter, herbal, medicinal. A bit of an odd contrast - light but substantial. There is a nice thickness to the mouthfeel and considerable complexity to the taste and aroma. If you like your whisky straightforward, this may not be the one for you. If you, like myself, like a whisky to challenge you and deliver a natural quality and complexity, this is one you will surely find interesting and enjoyable. This natural complexity and quality is getting rare these days. It seems to me like many popular single malt scotches seem to be somehow diluted, thin and not as good as they used to be. No such problems with this one.
This to me is lika a three-way between Glenmorangie 10, Dalwhinnie 15 and the great and sadly discontinued Scapa 12. Let me explain: substance, structure and complexity backbone from the'Morangie 10, honeyed, heathered delicacy and citrus fruit vibrancy form the 'Whinnie 15 and finally a touch of that wonderful now forever gone coal dusty smokiness from the Scapa 12....Mor. 10 also provides the oak in this my free-association mix. All in all a superb malt - An Cnoc 12.
To me this whisky is like what merging Glenmorangie 10 and Dalwhinnie 15 would be like - the best of both worlds, so to speak: all the complexity and oak-firmness of the'Morangie 10 plus all the honeyed delicacy of the 'Whinnie 15....Can you dig it?...(I can!)
