anCnoc Peter Arkle #3

$64.79

This is the third bottling in the Series illustrated by Scottish artist Peter Arkle. Bottled at 46% the third bottling is inspired by Bricks. 

From the Distillery

The Knockdhu Distillery is a peaceful place but it can be shocking to suddenly come across bright warning signs on the brick walls of the dunnage warehouses: NO SMOKING OR NAKED LIGHTS, DANGER EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERE and FLAMMABLE LIQUID.

A sudden reminder that making anCnoc is a serious business. Powerful forces are at work. Yes you may find yourself laughing with your friends while enjoying a glass but it’s important to note the drama of your dram’s creation. The glass in your hand contains REMARKABLE LIQUID.
Beware. Handle with care!

Distiller's Tasting Note

Nose: Honey and lemon notes are accompanied by apples and sweet vanilla. Touches of leather and orange zest add to the depth.

Taste: Spicy with notes of vibrant citrus, sherry and dark chocolate. The finish is long and smooth with notes of oranges and sherry.

Glenfarclas 2000 Ranchmen’s 125th Annv

$94.49

Cadenhead Small Batch Benromach 1976

$458.99

Cadenhead's Small Batch bottlings are only available at Cadenhead shops in Europe and select specialy stores around the world. Exclusive to KWM in Canada. This 38 year old Benromach is bottled at 52.9%. Just 6 bottles available!

Producer's Tasting Note

Nose: Really fruity soft nose that bursts with some of the most amazing fruity aromas, soft peach and pears with sweet juicy apples.

Palate: Given the cask strength of this malt it's so drinkable with out any additional water. Very rich with fruits it's like a fruit bomb going off on your palate. As this dram opens up the maturity shows through the cask, quite simply this palate is stunning.

Finish: Light oak tones start the finish off as they give way to a rich tropical fruit syrup. This dram lingers perfectly forcing you to want just one more. Age is everything when its so perfect like this dram.

Cadenhead Small Batch Tormore 1984

$310.49

Bottled in 2015 this is a rare vintage from this distillery. Cadenhead's Small Batch bottlings are only available at Cadenhead shops in Europe and select specialy stores around the world. Exclusive to KWM in Canada. This 30 year old Tormore is bottled at %55.8. Only 12 bottles for Canada.

Producer's Tasting Note

Nose Age has worked well on this dram as soft sweet red fruits arrive, a nice mix of sweet spices including ginger and aniseed, the whole nose is quite well balanced makes waiting for a sip a bit of a challenge.

Palate: Truly amazing as expected with a rich soft churned toffee along with the spices from the nose including ginger, then comes honeycomb and ripe sweet pears.

Finish: The finish arrives with a hint of the sweet spices and some citrus notes, a clean edge then a little more spice and citrus, this is a great after dinner dram that will develop in the glass.

Cadenhead Small Batch Mortlach 1994

$135.89

COMING SOON - ETA Late February. 

Bottled in 2015 this is a rare vintage from this distillery. Cadenhead's Small Batch bottlings are only available at Cadenhead shops in Europe and select specialy stores around the world. Exclusive to KWM in Canada. This 20 year old Mortlach is bottled at %53.4.

Producer's Tasting Note

Nose: A big nose Mortlach as expected with a warming thick oily nose, bubblegum notes give a sweetness then in comes watermelon and sweet cut parma ham.

Palate: The palate is big rich and creamy with some oily edges that deliver some amazing flavours like honey and white pepper then in comes gooseberry's mingled with dark red fruits.

Finish: The finish is as big as the nose and middle palate as cream and fruits slide down perfectly with a rich earthy springtime note then more of the flavours we had on the nose but now in taste form in all its complicated glory.

anCnoc 35 Year Knockdhu

$524.99

This 35 year is by a long shot the oldest whisky we've ever had from Knockdhu distillery, of the village of Knock in Aberdeenshire. Only 12 bottles have come to Canada, just 3 to KWM. 44.3% with a rather spicy palate!

Scotch Malt Whisky Society 4.171

$154.79

PERFUMED & SULTRY: This 21 year old Orcadian matured in a Refill ExBourbon Hogshead and was bottled at 53.7%. "Last night's bonfire was still hanging heavy in the air with ash specks, leaving a faint smoky umami taste on our palates." 

Panel's Tasting Note: "‘I’ve been transported to an Irish lochside’ one panellist exclaimed!Pebbles, rocks covered in dry seaweed, a fresh rural breeze and hay bales presented themselves on the nose, alongside black pepper,damp young wood and custard creams. The initial taste was very green: seaweed, spinach, moss, peppermint and peppers, all on one pile and sprinkled with salt flakes. Last night’s bonfire was still hanging heavy in the air with ash specks, leaving a faint smoky umami taste on our palates. Water tamed the dram and released lemon sponge, vanilla and melted butter. Perfumed and sultry. The reduced palate was sweet,drying, fresh and interesting. BBQ’d strawberries, rosemary, heather,moss and parma violets. A most savoury and unusual offering from this Orkney distillery."

Drinking Tip: "At a lochside picnic."

Scotch Malt Whisky Society G5.7

$139.49

ALL DAY AMERICAN BREAKFAST: A really punchy grain whisky at 64.6% after maturing 19 years in a Refill ExBourbon Hogshead. "The taste is sweet and spicy - sugar on caraway bread.

Panel's Tasting Note: "This sample, from the most northerly grain distillery, had the Panel very excited. On the nose beat, beeswax, tangerines, mandarins, toffee popcorn, rich honey, vanilla, orange oil, eucalyptus, cardamom and fennel seeds. The taste is sweet and spicy - sugar on caraway bread.Then turning waxy, like being in a room with children candle dipping and the aroma of sap and resin from a freshly cut Christmas tree. With water, aromas of steamed orange pudding, burnt toffee, vanilla cake batter, fluffy American pancakes with maple syrup and eggs sunny side-up appear. The taste is velvety smooth, orange and vanilla oil,cooked chestnuts, nut brittle and cornbread. Slightly minty with a spicy edge of a Jalapeno pepper in the finish."

Drinking Tip: "With a rack of pork spare ribs in the Deep South."

Scotch Malt Whisky Society 7.80

$156.59

DAPPER DAN MEETS HOLLY HUNTER: This 22 year old Refill Ex-Bourbon Barrel matured Speysider yielded just 130 bottles. ""Funny how old Speysides can start on the nose like paint before gliding effortlessly into sensual exotic fruits."

Panel's Tasting Note: ""Funny how old Speysides can start on the nose like paint before gliding effortlessly into sensual exotic fruits – this was like that – lemon,cherry, mango and jelly beans; also rich toffee, black jack chews,geranium and elder flower. The palate had refreshers, coffee, cocoa powder, orange liqueur, tobacco, Parma violets, perfume, leather and waxed jackets – somewhere between George Clooney’s Dapper Dan pomade and Holly Hunter’s handbag. With water, the nose seemed even more perfumed – waxy pine needles and sage. The palate’s sweet fruitiness (cherry Bakewell tart) was complimented by espresso dregs and cinnamon stick. This Chivas Bros distillery lies south of Elgin."

Drinking Tip: "While watching ‘O Brother, Where ArtThou?'"