Highland Park 35 years old 1973 Cask 13352 (Orkney) / 56.3% / 0.7l

Highland Park is based in Kirkwall, the capital of Orkney, and is currently Scotland's most northerly distillery.

The plant has two pairs of stills and produces 2.5 million liters of distillate per year. Highland Park malts its own barley (its own malt covers about 30% of demand) using local peat, which, due to the lack of trees in Orkney, consists mainly of heather, which gives the whisky a characteristic taste. For years, Highland Park single cask editions have attracted the attention of whisky connoisseurs and collectors, and the one presented here is no exception. The whisky, distilled in 1973, spent 35 years in barrel no. 13352, and was bottled at cask strength (56.3% abv) for the Italian company Velier. The company was founded in 1947 by the Chaix family and is involved in the import and distribution of alcoholic beverages.

Nose : sweet, heather honey, vanilla, caramel, roasted chestnuts, cinnamon, apricots, oranges, passion fruit, dried dates, mocha and a fleeting trace of smoke.

Palate: rich, vanilla pudding, toffee, honeyed almonds, cantaloupe, papaya, apricots, orange jam, banana cake, cinnamon, cloves and a light hint of smoke in the background.

Finish : long, with notes of honey, vanilla, orange, melon, marzipan, allspice and a trace of peat smoke.