An Cnoc 1996

anCnoc 16 Year Old

An Cnoc has to be pronounced with a couple of silent letters, I remember being told that at Pure Festival last year and it does highlight this on the bottle too, however now I’ve typed that I realise that wont really matter as your reading rather that saying this review! It’s a very pale whisky, you could say it looks a lot younger than the 16yrs...

Score 86/100

anCnoc Peter Arkle Travel Retail Batch 1

Nose : Classic textbook Ex bourbon goodness with hints of banana. Pear and apple fruit salad add a generous dash of vanilla. Wood and Spice sprinkle some Honey and Nuts & Muesli and wee citrus to make it fresh and you’re done. Superb. Palate: Wood, Dark chocolate. Bitter cocoa beans. Fruit : Pears, Apple crumble, and some lemon rind. Finish :...

Score 86/100

anCnoc 12 Year Old

Sampled without water in a Glencairn glass. Good strong but slim legs (think Steffi Graf). Colour : Straw Nose: An initial peppery smell with a faint orangeness in the background. Quite rich and pungent. Taste: A curious mixture of sweet and spicy. Imagine vanilla ice cream with a pinch of black pepper mixed into it with a thin coating of orange...

Score 84/100

anCnoc AnCnoc 24 Year Old

The anCnoc 24 is made at the knockdhu distillery and is a combination of ex-bourbon casks and sherry-treated casks thats not chill-filtered nor coloured. An underrated heaveyweight. Nose a bouquet of fragrant custard dripped with vanilla pods, black tea,orange bitters in your margarita and grated ginger. In the mouth a wonderfully dense and...

Score 89/100