Knockando 1986 Bottled 1998

Knockando 1995 12 Year Old

Knockando Distillery was built in 1898, and is named after the village in which it stands. The name derives from Scottish Gaelic Cnoc an Dhu, meaning "Little Black Hill". I do enjoy finding out a bit about the distilleries and like that they each have some quirky fact that makes them unique. In the case of Knockando it is that they were...

Score 82/100

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

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 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