Highland Park 18 Year Old Earl Haakon, Highland Park 15 Year Old Earl Magnus & Highland Park 12 Year Old Saint Magnus
Lot number: 078-4955
Winning bid: £720
Highland Park remains the most northerly whisky distillery in Scotland, although not by much, as it is little more than a stone's throw from fellow Orcadian, Scapa. Accounts of the distillery's genesis vary, and the truth is probably lost to the mists of time, but it is thought that a local farmer named David Robertson founded what we now know as Highland Park distillery in 1798, on the site of an illicit still operated by nefarious smuggler (and former priest) Magnus Eunson.
Since its introduction as a single malt in the late 1970s, the distillery has been awarded many plaudits, not least of which came from the late, great whisky writer Michael Jackson, who called it “the greatest all rounder in the world of whisky”. It's characteristic style coming from the use of Sherry casks, along with an often cited heathery sweetness imparted to the spirit by way of the distinct Orcadian peat used during the malting process.
Highland Park 12 Year Old Saint Magnus
55% ABV / 70cl
Bottle Number: One of only 11,994 bottles released
Highland Park 15 Year Old Earl Magnus
52.6% ABV / 70cl
Bottle Number: One of only 5976 bottles released
Highland Park 18 Year Old Earl Haakon
54.9% ABV / 70cl
Bottle Number: One of only 3300 bottles released
Please note minor wear to label and condition of wax capsules
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