Product description
The Ultimate Whisky Company is a Dutch company based in Amersfoort. Founded in 1994 by Han and Maurice van Wees, it initially specialised in miniature editions.
The Ultimate whiskies are bottled without chill filtration either at cask strength or at 46% ABV. Since 1994, over 1,000 editions of The Ultimate have been released. The Knockdhu presented here was distilled on 9 June 2008, matured in hogshead casks and then finished for 38 months in a butt sherry cask (no. 9). Bottled at cask strength (57.4% ABV) and without chill filtration on 16 June 2020 in an edition of 690 bottles. Since 1993, official editions of Knockdhu single malt have been released under the AnCnoc brand.
Nose: sweet breakfast cereals, vanilla, honey, apricots, orange peel, raisins, nut nougat, coconut flakes, notes of cinnamon and oak.
Palate : vanilla, milkshake, milk chocolate, pink grapefruit, nectarines, licorice, sugared nuts, hints of lemon pepper and oak.
Finish : medium long, with notes of vanilla, sugared nuts, cocoa, raisins and oak.