Highland Park 2003 Dannebrog is a single cask bottling, exclusively available in Denmark. The only 648 bottles come from a refill sherry butt, and are after 13 years bottled in cask strength (60.3%).
The taste offers a superb interplay between light smoke and sherry, and shows why these rare single casks are so sought after!
| Område |
Highlands |
| Dyrkning |
Konventionel |
| Type |
Whisky |
| Underområde |
Orkney Islands
|
| Whisky type |
Single Malt |
| Whisky røg |
Meget Røgede |
| Land |
Skotland |
| Proptype |
Kork |
| Flaskestørrelse |
70 cl |
| Alkohol % |
60.30 |
| Bottled |
2016 |
| Age |
13 |
| Number of bottles |
648 |
| Cask No. |
1933 |
| Color |
Dark Golden |
| Cask Type |
Refill Sherry Butt |
NOSE
Smells of peat onions, lemon zest, orange and vanilla. It has flavours of dates, peat, citrus and honey. On the finish it has light hints of smoke.
TASTE
Sweet honey, dates, citrus and light smoke in the aftertaste.
ABOUT THE DISTILLERY
Highland Park is the world's most remote distillery and is located in the Orkney Islands, said to have belonged to a famous whisky smuggler. The distillery was founded in 1798 by Magnus Eunson, a descendant of the Vikings who settled the islands. With their whisky they proudly pay tribute to the Viking roots and the founder.
Highland Park Dannebrog is a single cask bottling made for the Danish market in a limited edition of 648 bottles. The whisky comes from a refill Sherry butt.
