Knockando 12 Years Old 2004 Season (43%, OB, 2016)

• ABV: 43%
• Age: 12 Years Old
• Bottling: OB
• Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky
• Cost: £discontinued
• Origin: Knockando distillery
• Vintage: 2004

What they say

It’s the 2004 vintage 12 year old expression from the Knockando distillery in Speyside. These expressions from Knockando are reliably tasty, affordable whiskies.

MoM tasting notes:

• Nose: Green apples, crusty bread, hay and beeswax.
• Palate: Pecans with a dusting of cinnamon and brown sugar. Caramel and wheat crackers.
• Finish: Black pepper and Sesame Snaps.

What I say

Distilled at Knockando distillery during the 2004 season and bottled at 12 years old.

My tasting notes:

• Appearance: Sauternes (8/20), medium tears, slightly better defined legs.
• Nose: Strudel, apple & raisin, cinnamon, caramel sauce, highland toffee, butterscotch, cereal, honey, flapjacks.
• Taste: Medium bodied, creamy palate, creamy highland toffee, more sherried and or toasted oak than 2003 vintage, buttery, orchard and dried fruits, ripe bananas, dried mango, vanilla custard.
• Finish: Medium-long, honeyed, zesty fruits, leathery and succulent tannins.

Overall

Wow, quite different from the 2003 vintage, juicier and more sherried and much less drying/oaky and spiced.

Score 82/100

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