An Cnoc 18-year-old

Name: An Cnoc 18-year-old
Brand: An Cnoc
SKU: 63017
Rating: 85.45 (317 reviews)

Overall rating: 85.45/100
votes: 317

Whiskybase ID: WB63017
Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Knockdhu
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottled: 2014
Stated Age: 18 years old
Casktype: Bourbon & Sherry Casks
Number of bottles: 6000
Strength: 46.0 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml 750 ml
Bottle code: L14 297 R14/5436
Barcode: 5010509880039
Added on: 03 Jan 2015 9:59 pm by Meulie

Average value

€ 92.28

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Whisky Reviews for An Cnoc 18-year-old

69 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 85.45 points

erwinnlim scored this whisky 86 points
06 May 2020 9:14 pm
As far as 18 year old single malts go, this is presented well at 46% and NCF, it's very good value for money too so a definite must try. Value (£65) : 6/10

Nose

Toffee, light brown sugar, orange and lime peels. A slight nip of alcohol along with loads of Spanish oak spice influence. A gentle touch of cinnamon, cloves, ginger and white pepper. Some dried plums and sour red cherries. Crisp green apple. Fragrant citrus oils. Walnuts and some dark chocolate. Earl grey tea. Very light peat smoke as well.

Taste

Silky mouthfeel. Some honey sweetness and vanilla with a distinct waxiness. More green apple. Develops into darker sherried notes as you search, some red berry and juicy plums. Christmas cake. Marzipan and wood chips. More cloves and drying oak tannins. Ginger spice. Candied orange peels and bittersweet dark chocolate or cocoa notes as well. As you take more sips of this dram the spicy character of the European oak mellows slightly and more caramel sweetness shines through.

Finish

A medium-long finish. Again drying and spice felt around the back of the tongue. After some time to pepper spice turns into more of those dried fruits. Chocolate orange. More leather and some peppermint.
Rosebank88 scored this whisky 88 points
13 Feb 2021 2:16 pm
Nose

89 89

Wonderfully complex. Flowery-fruity tones wrestle with malt and hard toffee for the upper hand. This is followed by a trace of wax, forest honey, pickled fruits, dark bananas, beautiful sherry tones and candied citrus fruits.
With water: fresher and malty, lots of honey (especially heather honey and forest honey), delicate flowery tones, seasoned walnuts and beautiful European oak. Really very nicely balanced

Taste

88 88

Soft sherry tones, spicy European oak, nuts, tart herbs, floral accents, beeswax, firm citrus tones and a hint of smoke.
With water: more floral and fresher. Clear oak and caramel malt.

Finish

88 88

Long, gentle sherry accompanied by flowery tones.
MrDvorak scored this whisky 86 points
23 Nov 2021 5:16 pm

The scent is an old leather jacket with milk chocolate and cinnamon. The sweet taste is dominated by cinnamon muffin with marzipan. The finish is medium-long, tart, with chocolate and pastry spices.

Fruit jam, tannery, very good work with two casks, pleasantly sweet, slightly tart, very flavorful whisky.

RATING: 86pts - | 83 - 86 (B) → Good | - Not a “must”, but a nice-to-have.
SwiftyMcVeigh scored this whisky 88 points
02 May 2020 10:24 pm
Sherry embossed 18 year old with good value for money. The whisky is on the dry-dry taste scale, which suggests Oloroso Sherry barrels.

Nose

88 88

Red berries (raspberry, currant, strawberry), raisins, oak flavor, tannins, honey sweetness in the background. Almond oil, dried fruits; Vanilla and some citrus. Cocoa. malt

Taste

87 87

Oily, first red berries, tart, tannins, then light sweetness, almonds. Malt, herbs and vanilla, dried fruit

Finish

88 88

Citrus and grapefruit, cocoa and dark chocolate, oak seasoning, becoming dry
checkpointuk scored this whisky 86 points
24 Jan 2020 11:53 am

https://kaypingers-whiskyblog.de/frontend/fullarticle.php?id=397

Colour:
Full gold / slightly reddish
Nose:
Sweet fruits, fruit gums, some glue, honey, cotton candy, vanilla flakes and a little chamois, as well as mocha. The nose is slightly acidic.
Taste:
Light and spicy on the tongue. Fruit sweetness combined with salt, coarse pepper, a lot of "good" wood, which is paired with notes of dark chocolate, mocha and nuts. The palette is covered with a green and rather unsuitable mint freshness, which we wouldn't have to have here.
Finish:
Medium length - minty-fresh and spicy. Unfortunately, the darker notes no longer dominate here - fresh and slightly woody
86 points
N: 86P / G: 86P / F: 85P
peatbogger scored this whisky 88 points
31 Aug 2019 1:12 am
This was a sample from karloff.
I really like the gentle nature of the 12YO, which I've earlier refered to as my "Sunday breakfast whisky".
This is a lot darker, so I'm expecting a lot more sherry influence and something quite different from the gentle 12YO.
At the current price, would I buy one? If I only could find it I would buy several.

Nose

90 90

Oh yes, this is heavy on sherry, very nice and clean sherry.
Plums, chocolate, walnuts, strawberries. Norwegian strawberries, the ones that are grown in fields and are maroon red and juicy all the way through, not the pale Belgian greenhouse type that are hard and white in the middle.
Soft quality sherry oak.
Love the nose of this one. I only got a sample and I find myself not wanting to finish it, just keep nosing.

Taste

88 88

Texture on arrival initially feels a little thin, but it quickly catches up as there's a rapid arrival of spice.
Dominated by sherry notes, dark chocolate, black coffee and licorice.
Quite a bit of wood spice giving volume and some bite to the body.
Lovely stuff. If the 12YO is the Sunday breakfast whisky I would like to make this my Sunday night cap.

Finish

85 85

This stays a while.
Maybe a tiny bit too dry.
I find it actually has a pinch of saltyness, which does no harm, just makes it more interesting.
whiskyfacile scored this whisky 87 points
11 Apr 2018 4:34 pm
for full review go to https://whiskyfacile.com/2017/03/16/ancnoc-18-yo-2016-ob-46/

Nose

N: naso molto espressivo e pieno, rivela un bel carattere e mostra una certa stratificazione aromatica. La quota di botti sherry è ben presente, con frutta rossa in composta (fragole lampone ciliegia) e anche qualche sfumatura tra il cacao e il caffè, delicati e bene integrati. Ma quel che davvero colpisce è il lato dolciario, tra la tarte tatin, delle pesche sciroppate e arancia glassata (o marmellata, insomma, ci intendiamo).

Taste

P: non è un whisky ‘esplosivo’ ma ha senz’altro una grande intensità, che rimane costante; ha un bel muro di frutta dolce (sia rossa che gialla, pesche sciroppate, marmellata d’arancia), sa farsi anche un po’ cremoso (toffee e pasticcino alla frutta) e poi si chiude con un poco di tannino, tra spezie (noce moscata, forse caffè, zenzero candito) ed una inconfondibile nocciola.

Finish

F: molto pieno, con tanta frutta secca, chiodi di garofano e un po’ di frutta generica, sia rossa che no.
kestrell83 scored this whisky 88 points
11 Jan 2022 4:08 pm

Anconc 18: At first I felt very fruity. An unexpected sweet came to my nose. It is a positive surprise how sweet and complex. Tasted not at all tolerant, very rounded whisky. Almost not even feel the 46%. After tasting, the delicious pleasant line of honey continued. There was quite a lot of wood and a little chocolate too. Very delicious. It was much sweeter, both smelled and the pleasantly soft taste was surprisingly long for the aftertaste. I like this smokeless mixed maturation. Lots of plus !!
11insomnium scored this whisky 85 points
05 Dec 2021 5:34 pm
Nice and harmonious fruitiness.

Nose

Floral fruitiness with honey sweetness, spice and oak, with more time full and brown sugar

Taste

Fruity sweetness with spice and oak, slightly floral

Finish

Sweetness with light fruits remains along with slight bitterness
rich_93 scored this whisky 87 points
21 Nov 2021 2:47 am
Takes a very long time to open up. The tasting notes below are based on the bottle being open for over a month, half empty. Before that point, the whisky was very cask-heavy, and took about 30 mins in the glass to open, even then it was too woody and spicy. Oxidises pretty rapidly beyond the half-way point Therefore, you’ll find that this dram has a narrow goldilocks zone where it’s just perfect and behaves like an old cognac. I think it is this capriciousness that kept me returning it - a puzzle in a bottle!

Nose

Nose: A wonderful candied nose of red apple, cognac and cherry compote. Dried pears. Herbal honey and a tinge of sweet mint. A complex spice note, to me mainly clove and cinnamon.

Taste

Palate: Lots of honey, very candied and fruity - the brandy is here again and we like brandy! A bit of walnut and dark chocolate. Clove and cinnamon again. Sometimes, a quite intense medicinal herbal note pops up, spearmint as well. Brandy notes and dried fruits show themselves in the long and spicy finish.

Both the nose and the palate are real shapeshifters, switching between highlighting different aspects of the whisky.

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