Knockando 12 yo

 

 

 

43°

Distillery : Knockando - Speyside

Bourbon and Sherry Casks 

Original Bottling 

Core Range 

Single Malt 

Launched in 2021

Totally Unpeated 

 

 

 

Like its elders from the same Core Range, Knockando 12 yo was created in 2021, because previously all bottles of Knockando were vintage.

Let's Taste It : 

The nose is light, evanescent, sponge cake, vanilla, ethereal white fruit, a drop of honey, buttered toast, grainy cereals, beeswax, apricots and mirabelles. Pastry cream, a pinch of icing sugar. Quite fruity on the palate, with orchard fruits, green apples and Comices pears, but also yellow plums, honey and a touch of bitterness from the wood, discreet spices. It dries out at the end, giving way to a short finish, which crumbles very quickly and disappears as if it had never been there. Candied lemon and banana.

In Short, 

It's a low-end whisky, and the question is whether it's good for the price it's offered at, which is often very low. And I don't really have an answer, the fact is that there's not a lot of pleasure to be found in it. The Sherry is nowhere to be found, it's just there to round things off a bit. The casks leave a bitter taste, and the nose is really light.

Score : 81

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                                           Laura Murren - This Love is From Below