Knockando 1975 Bottled 1988

Knockando 18 Year Old distilled 1994

I didn't have particularly high expectations for this. I picked it up in a supermarket in France for €37, thinking I couldn't go much wrong though, and it's actually a pretty decent dram. There is a good bit of sherry influence in this, but it's not at all overpowering. Think Glenfiddich 18 cross with Dalwhinnie 15, and this is pretty much what...

Score 89/100

Knockando 1975 Italian Import Gordon & MacPhail

I find it quite hard to believe that I’ve only tried 3 Knockando so far and the last one was already six years ago. Anyway, I’m willing to give it another try with this old release from Knockando 1975 that was bottled in 1988 for the Italian market by Justerini & Brooks. Quite alcoholic on overripe fruit. Think banana, mildly rotting oranges...

Score 78/100

Knockando 25 Year Old Special Releases bottled 2011

Knockando is a big seller in France and Spain but it’s not too popular in the rest of Europe. This Knockando 25 years, the oldest official release at that point, was part of Diageo’s 2011 Special releases. It was matured in first fill European oak sherry casks. Nose: a sherry character that I usually relate to refill sherry rather than first fill....

Score 90/100

Knockando 2000 / 12 Year Old

Had this one at Gourmet Club Callao in Feb 2015; of course I scribbled the tasting back then and took the beautiful pic attached at the exact same moment (maybe seconds or minutes after.) And now, for your enjoyment, I type it down here. So we all but certainly know Knockando is a little town in Moray, Scotland, where the eponymous distillery...

Score 89/100