Highland Park 1974 34 Year Old Single Cask #8900 for Ever Rich D.F.S. Corporation

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.

Until the launch of the 40 year old, this was the flagship variant of the Highland Park range and was first released in April 2005. By its very nature, this whisky is only available in limited quantities.

Distilled: 17.07.1974

Bottled: 2008

Age: 34 Year Old

Cask Type: Refill Sherry Hogshead

Cask Number: 8900

42.7% ABV / 70cl

Bottle Number: One of only 90 bottles released

Please note external wesar to case, internal mottling and the case does not lock properly

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