Description

Highland Park Aged 15 Years Viking Heart Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)

Volume: 700ml           ABV: 44%           Age: 15 Years Old           Country: Scotland

Highland Park remains the most northerly whisky distillery in Scotland, although not by much, as it is little more than a stone’s throw from fellow Orcadian, Scapa. Accounts of the distillery’s genesis vary, and the truth is probably lost to the mists of time, but it is thought that a local farmer named David Robertson founded what we now know as Highland Park distillery in 1798, on the site of an illicit still operated by nefarious smuggler (and former priest) Magnus Eunson.

Since its introduction as a single malt in the late 1970s, the distillery has been awarded many plaudits, not least of which came from the late, great whisky writer Michael Jackson, who called it “the greatest all rounder in the world of whisky”. It’s characteristic style coming from the use of Sherry casks, along with an often cited heathery sweetness imparted to the spirit by way of the distinct Orcadian peat used during the malting process.

This ceramic decantered single malt whisky has spent no less than 15 years inside sherry seasoned European and American casks, as well as a few refill casks. It was inspired by inspired by the earthenware vessels that whisky would have been stored in centuries ago. Bottled at 44% ABV.

Our Tasting Notes

Nose: Like opening a bag of freshly opened dark brown sugar, grated orange skin, soft peat smoke and Christmas cake spice.

Palate: Floral notes of heather is followed by dark toffee, lemon citrus and smoke.

Finish: Christmas cake spice and soft peat smoke.