Knights

Finest Matured Whisky

Knights

ABV: 43%

Age: No age statement Years Old

Style: Blended

Country: South Africa

Region: N/A

Bottling: Knights

Overall
Score

7.5

Tasting Notes

Nose

Clean and sweet. Baked banana, vanilla sugar, mango, just mown grass drying in the sun. New oak. Destroyed by water.

Palate

Quite light and slightly hollow. Lacks a mid-palate and becomes coarse to the finish.

Finish

Hard.

Comment

Lacks any real individual character - or middle palate.

Taster Score

7.0

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