Description
Highland Park was founded in 1798 and is located in Kirkwall, Orkney Island. It is the most northern distillery in Scotland, about a mile away to the north of Scapa distillery. Highland Park is one of the few distilleries that malt their own barley, it has its own floor maltings and peat beds and two traditional peat-fired kilns. They use a mix of peated and non peated barley, with the total phenol content about 20 ppm. Highland Park is a very renowned distillery, and its single malts constantly win awards in world competitions.
Highland Park 18yr is an exceptionally exquisite whisky that possesses all the signature characteristics of HP, it is delightfully complex, and infinitely rewarding, double gold winner at the San Francisco International Spirits Competition in 2007.
NOSE: Rich, mature oak; top note of aromatic smoke.
PALATE: Rich, full flavor; honey and peat.
FINISH: Soft, round and long.
