Highland Park 1997 Cask Strength Gordon & Macphail
Lot number: 070-3713
Winning bid: £135
Founded in 1895, Gordon & MacPhail has been bottling single malt whiskies for 120 years and by the 1950s it held the largest range of bottled malt whiskies in the world. This family-run business has bottled the oldest single malt whisky in the world as well as being a distiller itself after buying Benromach in 1993.
The most northerly of Scottish whisky distilleries, Highland Park was founded in 1798 and is one of the most highly regarded single malts in the world, the great Michael Jackson calling it, "The greatest all-rounder in the world of whisky." and Paul Pacult awarded it, "The Best Spirit in the World." in 2005. The unique peat of Orkney gives the whisky a distinctive heathery sweetness.
Distilled: 17.11.1997
Bottled: 17.03.2008
Cask Type: First fill & Refill Sherry Hogshead
Cask Number(s): 5825, 5826, 5827 & 5828
57.1 ABV / 70cl
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