anCnoc Peatheart

COLOUR: Really light yellow-gold, like watered-down pear juice. LEGS: Small and thick drops that clung to the glass for a very long time; they dropped in thin tears. NOSE: Delicate (2/5); sour floral heather peat; creamy; butterscotch & honey; subtle fresh red apples; slight citrus and lime; earthiness; light to no smoke. WITH WATER (5 drops into 10mL): more peat and some puffs of smoke; sweetness diminishes. Score 7/10 TASTE: Powerful (4/5); sweet honey; drying creamy peat; lots of smoldering smoke; hints of citrus, black pepper; drying oak; slight earthiness. WITH WATER: nicer; more sweet; more peat; much more smoke. Score 7.5/10 FINISH: Warming and long; lingering highland honey and peat smoke. WITH WATER: longer and more biting and drying. My tongue is burned and numb. Score 7.5/10 OVERALL: Quite a nice and subtly peated Highlander; better with water. Weighted Score 7.4/10 IMAGERY: The apiary is on fire!

Jamais déçu par anCnoc. À chaque bouteille, je demeure impressionné par leur polyvalence à faire des produits tourbés et non tourbés. Ils sont clairement dans mes distilleries préférées! #Top3 Comme tous leur tourbés, il est très pâle. Odeur qui ressemble à du bacon fumé. Au goût, c’est assez sucré et on goûte la fumée, les poires et la vanille. Finale très longue et poivrée. C’est franchement bien fait et balancé. La meilleure bouteille d’anCnoc que j’ai goûtée. Solide solide. Bouteille ouverte en 2021-09.

Peach pear apples surrounded by smoke. Very very nice one

Nose. Some peat and medicinal notes, black pepper and citrus zest. Mouth. Oily and peppery, with much more of the peat and smoke coming through. Subtle and well-balanced (despite coming across as a bit young?). Finish. A sweet and spicy flavour warms and lasts a fairly long time. Really enjoyable.