anCnoc 1989 Highland Selection – Limited Edition Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 700ML

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Whiskey: anCnoc 1989 Highland Selection – Limited Edition Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 700ML

A Highland Selection Limited Edition release from Knockdhu distillery. Distilled in 1989 and aged 13 years before bottling.

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Size: 700ML

Proof: 92 (46%ABV)

Origin: Scotland

Distillery: Knockdhu

Knockdhu could be considered by many to be the genesis of what is now the whisky giant, Diageo. Then known as DCL, a consortium of Lowland grain distillers, they built Knockdhu distillery in their first foray into malt whisky distilling in 1893. They operated the distillery until 1983 when, like much of their portfolio, they closed it down due to an oversupply resulting from the Scotch market downturn of the period. The distillery was bought and re-opened by Inver House in 1988, who quickly turned out the first official single malt bottlings. The product was swiftly rebranded as AnCnoc in 1993 however, purportedly to avoid confusion with the similarly named Knockando.

anCnoc 1989 Highland Selection – Limited Edition Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 700ML Tasting Notes

Nose: Light, dry. Slight burnt grass. Then lemongrass and mint.

Palate: Lightly syrupy. Herbal, minty, rummy.

Finish: Hint of cloves. Warming. Soothing. Very long.

Distillery Information

In 1892, John Morrison purchased the Knock Estate and farm. Shortly after, he uncovered a spring on Knock Hills southern slopes. He found the water to have a superb flavour and sent it to a Distillers 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 distillerys cooling water. The capacity is small; the distillerys 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.