Sold outDec 2020In short · Highland Park (Islands), 12 years.
“Limited to 2 per Member A fresh sea breeze carried the smoke of a smouldering gorse bush to us as we walked along the coastline enjoying a lavender ice cream; a lovely…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 4.263 is a single cask of Highland Park, in the Islands region, 12 years old, bottled at 61.2%, released in the Dec 2020 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 4.x is from Highland Park.
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Far north on Orkney, above Kirkwall and scoured by Atlantic wind, Highland Park has made whisky since 1798. It is among the last to still malt its own barley on the floor by hand and kiln it over island peat, heather-rich and aromatic, quite unlike the mainland's. The result is a beautifully poised malt where wood-smoke and honey hold hands. Edrington own it; the Norsemen, in spirit, still haunt it.