HIGHLAND PARK (50 YEAR OLD)
Highland Park distillery is the northernmost single malt Scotch whisky distillery in the world, located in Kirkwall on the Orkney Islands off the far north coast of Scotland, where the Atlantic Ocean meets the North Sea. Highland Park introduced the oldest single malt line of Island, 50-year Highland Park, produced in a distillery located on the Orkney Islands.
- Limited production edition
This incredibly rare bottling of Highland Park was bottled from a combination of five refill casks from 1960. The casks were married together to “harmonise” their flavours before being bottled, a process Highland Park calls “cask harmonisation”.
A vatting (combining) of five single malts distilled in 1960 and aged in oloroso sherry barrels. As a result, the spirit exhibits on the palate an alcoholic tingle that is quickly muted by a bouquet of licorice, citrus, and a hint of nutmeg intertwined with light smoke. Only 275 bottles were produced. Each bottle has been bottled at 44.8% ABV, with a volume of 700ml.
At the World Whisky Design Awards held in London 2012, the 50-year Highland Park received two awards, the world’s top design and best limited edition.
- Unique design
The bottle has been designed by New York based Jeweller Maeve Gillies who grew up in Edinburgh. As befits such an elegant whisky, each bottle is wrapped in a seaweed-inspired sterling-silver “net cage” fashioned by Scottish jewelry designer Maeve Gillies, which surrounds a circular piece of Orkney sandstone affixed to the bottle. Inside is a sterling-silver replica of the rose window in the St. Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, the capital city of Orkney.
The bottle which is created from hand-crafted sterling silver is inspired by the forces of nature and in particular the sea, using her jewellery making expertise the bottle features a metallic ‘net’ design, a piece of Orkney sandstone carved with the Highland Park logo and a hidden silver replica of the Rose Window from St Magnus Cathedral.
