ABV
46%
Region
Highlands
Bottling
Distillery (Knockdhu)
Cask type
Ex-Bourbon & ex-Sherry Casks
Nose
Lush aromas of stewed fruit, mainly apricot and banana, rounded with sweet vanilla, honey, caramel and delicious butterscotch. Plus orange zest with a hint of cinnamon, some mint, a touch of herbs and fine oak spice in the background.
Palate
Full-bodied start with fruit jam, bananas, raisins and juicy Seville oranges, accompanied by creamy honey and caramel. Pleasantly warming and wonderfully accented with warming spices, malt sugar as well as creamy toffee, fine herbal notes and a hint of tobacco leaves.
Finish
A long finish, soft and persistent. Multi-layered with creamy honey, spicy notes of pepper and oak, with raisins shining through at the end.
With water
After the addition of a few drops of water floral on the nose with orange blossom, toffee, sweet vanilla, honey and some oak spice, with a subtle herbal note in the background. Sweet but less fruity on the palate. Tart orange with tobacco leaf, leathery notes, oak spice and some vanilla. The finish is still long lasting and slightly dry with notes of toffee, raisins and fine herbs.
Comments
I thank Joh. Eggers Sohn GmbH for the complimentary sample and the photograph!