Highland Park 50 Year Old 2020 Release has a story to tell. A long, quiet story that owes its remarkable ending to the gentle influence of Orkney's temperate climate, our search for balance and Highland Park's desire for harmony.
The whiskey cask was chosen by Gordon Motion, Highland Park Master Whiskey Maker
Each bottle is personally signed by Gordon Motion.
Object of investment, Limited Edition – ONLY 274 bottles World Wide
UNPACKING
| Territory |
Highlands |
| Culture |
Conventional |
| Type |
Whiskey |
| Subarea |
Orkney Islands
|
| Whiskey type |
Single Malt |
| Whiskey smoke |
Light Smoked |
| Country |
Scotland |
| Plug type |
Screw cap
|
| Bottle size |
70 cl |
| alcohol % |
43.8 |
| Color |
Deep autumn red-brown colour
|
AROMA
Delicate aromas of ripe black cherries, sweet muscovado sugar, peaches and rich dark chocolate are carried on a whisper of new leather and soft dry smoke.
TASTE
A complex and vibrant intensity of flavor follows with exotic spices, candied orange peel, toasted oak and ripe apricots delivering a deliciously rich yet fragrant sweetness.
HISTORY
Gordon Motion, is their Master Whiskey Maker, selected nine refill casks first laid down in 1968 and joined them in 2008. They were refilled into first fill sherry seasoned oak casks and allowed to harmonize for a further 12 years.
In 2020 he selected just one European oak cask and married it with some of our 2018 batch of 50 Year Old, which was kept back especially for this purpose.
If you are lucky enough to taste this extraordinary whisky, you will find delicate aromas of ripe black cherries, sweet Muscovado sugar, peaches and rich dark chocolate, conveyed on a whisper of new leather and soft peat smoke.
A complex and vibrant intensity in the flavor follows with exotic spices, candied orange peel, toasted oak and ripe apricots, delivering a deliciously rich yet fragrant sweetness. Dry spices and the impression of dark espresso coffee linger in the aftertaste, shrouded in aromatic peat smoke.
Each of the 274 bottles is personally signed by Gordon Motion, Master Whiskey Maker, and will be available for purchase in specialty stores worldwide.
Highland Park has been making our award-winning single malt whiskey at Highland Park Distillery in Kirkwall, Orkney, since 1798. Age, experience and respect for tradition may define our whisky, but it's Orkney that sets it apart.
Something magical happens here, and the result is the wild harmony of flavor nuances found in Highland Park whisky.
