Highland Park 18 Year Old Viking Pride (750ml)
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Spirit Type
Scotch Learn More
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Size
750ml
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ABV
43%
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Country
Scotland
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Region
Highland
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Sub-Region
Orkney Islands
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Tasting Notes
Candied CitrusCocoahoney
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How to Drink
Neat
One of the few distilleries to operate its own malting floor and one of two distilleries on Orkney Island, Highland Park has been making great whisky since 1826 (they claim longer but who doesn’t?). Highland Park is well-respected for being an all-rounder in style offering some of the coastal character typical of the Islands, Islay, and coastal Highland whiskys, while also offering plenty of juicy fruit for Speyside fans to sink their teeth into. Highland Park has something to offer for a wide range of palates and therefore has a place in any whisky enthusiast’s cupboard.
Tasting Notes
From the distillery: A sophisticated medley of ripe cherries dusted with bittersweet cocoa, freshly harvested honeycomb and candied orange peel. There’s a whisper of Orkney’s salty seaspray in the aromatic peat smoke.
Method
Matured in a high proportion of first-fill sherry seasoned European and American oak casks, this 18 Year Old Single Malt pays tribute to their five keystones of production: hand-turned floor maltings, aromatic peat from Hobbister Moor, Sherry-seasoned oak casks, cool maturation, and cask harmonisation.
Our Thoughts
Nose: Date, fruitcake, and malt. Caramel drizzled red delicious apple with some added blackberry and raspberry.
Palate: Chocolatey, malty, round, rich, full-bodied. Cinnamon. Charcoal smoke.
Finish: Red delicious apple, smoke, dark chocolate.
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