Orkney Single Malt 54YO
⏳ Drikkevindue
Bottled at peak maturity after 54 years of aging, this exceptional spirit is ready to be savored immediately and will not mature further in the bottle. Once opened, it can be enjoyed over several years if kept sealed in a cool, dark place.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Rich dark chocolate desserts, artisanal mature blue cheeses, or a fine premium cigar.
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Deep in the windswept Orkney Islands, Highland Park has crafted legendary single malts since 1798, when the illicit distiller and church beadle Magnus Eunson ran his clandestine stills. The Orkney Single Malt 54 Year Old represents the absolute pinnacle of this heritage. Shaped by the wild, treeless maritime climate and the unique, heather-rich peat of Hobbister Moor, this extraordinary expression was originally distilled in 1968. Over more than half a century, the spirit slumbered in selected oak casks before a final finish in first-fill sherry-seasoned Spanish oak casks. The result is an incredibly complex, deeply layered masterpiece whispering of sweet peat smoke, dark dried fruits, exotic spices, and the rugged Orcadian coast.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Highland Park blev grundlagt i 1798 i Kirkwall på det afsidesliggende Orkney-øhav og er et af Skotlands mest traditionsrige og nordligst beliggende single malt-destillerier. Destilleriet, som i dag er ejet af Edrington Group, værner kompromisløst om det klassiske whiskyhåndværk; her praktiserer man fortsat traditionel gulvmaltning med håndkraft og høster tæt, lyngmættet tørv fra den nærliggende Hobbister Moor. Modningen foregår primært på udsøgte sherrytilsmagte egetræsfade i Orkneys kølige, vindblæste kystklima. Dette enestående samspil mellem terroir og håndværk skaber Highland Parks verdensberømte signaturstil, som udmærker sig ved en elegant aromatisk tørverøg, en cremet sødme af lynghonning og dybe, komplekse krydderitoner.