Orkney Single Malt Refill Bourbon Barrel 'Full Cask' No 219
⏳ Drikkevindue
As a distilled spirit, this single malt does not mature further in the bottle. It is ready to be enjoyed immediately upon release and will remain in peak condition for decades if stored upright and away from direct sunlight.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Smoked Scottish salmon, mature blue cheeses, and dark chocolate desserts.
✨ 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 single cask release, aged in a refill bourbon barrel, showcases the distillery's signature maritime and heather-honey character. Unlike first-fill casks, a refill bourbon barrel imparts a gentler wood influence, allowing the pristine Orkney distillate to take center stage. The terroir of Orkney is defined by its treeless landscape and Hobbister Moor peat, which is rich in decomposing heather rather than wood. This gives the whisky its uniquely sweet, aromatic, and gentle peat smoke, beautifully balanced by coastal salinity and soft vanilla notes from the American 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.