Knockdhu 16 Year Old 2006 (cask KN0622) - Hidden Spirits | 700ML

Heavily-peated single cask of Knockdhu here from indie bottlers, Hidden Spirits! The distillery uses Aberdeenshire peat, so it's full of barbecue and wood smoke (rather than the medicinal notes associated with Islay peat), and only produces peated whisky for around a quarter of the year. The particular release was distilled in 2006 and matured for 16 years, before the folks at Hidden Spirits bottled it up in 2022. A rich, toasty Speysider that'll make a great evening sipper.

Knockdhu 16 Year Old 2006 (cask KN0622) - Hidden Spirits | 700ML Tasting Notes

Nose: Charcoal smoke and burnt herbs, with flecks of seaweed, barbecued tropical fruit, set honey, and oily citrus.

Palate: More of that smouldering smoke, flamed lemon peel, stone fruit, and nutmeg.

Finish: Cinnamon butter and lingering bonfire.

Distillery Information

In 1892, John Morrison purchased the Knock Estate and farm. Shortly after, he uncovered a spring on Knock Hill’s southern slopes. He found the water to have a superb flavour and sent it to a Distiller’s Company Limited-owned Laboratory in Edinburgh for evaluation. They confirmed the water was indeed of outstanding quality and put up an offer for the site. Morrison gladly accepted. The Knockdhu distillery was built in May of 1893 and designed by the Elgin-based architects Gordon and Macbey.The distillery was the first to be built by Distillers Company Ltd. The water is piped from Knock Hill to the distillery and also to those living in the local village, though today five other water sources are used in supplement as well as that from the Ternemney Brook, which proffers the distillery’s cooling water. The capacity is small; the distillery’s pair of stills produce around 900,000 litres yearly. Today, none of the whisky is bottled as Knockdhu single malt. Rather as anCnoc. The name anCnoc was chosen as the current owners, Inver House, deemed Knockdhu too similar to Knockando and relabelled it to avoid confusion. Despite being small, the Knockdhu whisky distillery boasts large onsite storage facilities; its five warehouses have space for 7,600 casks.

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