Orkney Single Malt Hogshead 'Full Cask' No 49
⏳ Drikkevindue
As a distilled spirit, this single malt does not mature further in the bottle and is ready to be enjoyed immediately upon release. Once opened, it will remain in peak condition for 1 to 2 years if stored properly away from direct sunlight and heat.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Rich blue cheeses, smoked wild salmon, and high-quality dark chocolate.
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Hailing from the wind-swept Orkney Islands, Highland Park is one of Scotland's most remote and historic distilleries, founded in 1798 by the legendary smuggler Magnus Eunson. This 'Full Cask' No 49 is a single cask expression aged in a traditional hogshead, showcasing the distillery's unique maritime terroir. Orkney's climate is famously treeless and battered by salt-laden gales, meaning the local peat sourced from Hobbister Moor is composed entirely of decomposed heather rather than wood. This imparts a distinctive, sweet, aromatic heathery smoke rather than the medicinal peat of the Islay malts. The slow distillation and cool island maturation yield a complex, balanced single malt with notes of wild honey, gentle peat smoke, coastal brine, and rich toasted oak.
🍾 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.