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    Highland Park Dark Origins 70cl Whisky

    Scotland • 70cl • 46.8%
    Number of reviews:(55)
    Product details
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    Highland Park

    country

    Scotland

    distillery/brandHighland Park Whisky
    regionIsland Whisky
    style

    Single Malt

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    Highland Park Dark Origins

    Highland Park Dark Origins celebrates the early days of Magnus Eunson's illicit distilling on Orkney, back before the distillery was even founded in 1798. Magnus worked as a butcher and church official by day, but by night he was a legendary whisky smuggler and distiller outwitting the exciseman.

    To honour their hero (the Batman of the Orkney Islands, if you will), Highland Park created a whisky with a suitably 'dark' character. Using 80% first-fill sherry casks (20% refill) - 60% are first-fill European oak, with 20% being first-fill American oak - an exciting, spicy, chocolatey whisky has been produced.

    This bottle was part of a private collection - if you'd like more detailed photos just get in touch!

    Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt

    Nose

    Dusty baking spices and cocoa at first, cinnamon, vanilla, dates. Coffee cream Revels (possibly a couple of the orange ones too), a touch of blackcurrant/liquorice, plus butterscotch and an interplay between milk and dark chocolate.

    Palate

    Sweet, fragrant peat emerges with nutty melted milk chocolate and a little orange alongside some pastries.

    Finish

    Long and sweet, a little dry chocolate, just a hint of that heather smoke, then salivating.

    Overall

    Rounded first-fill Sherry notes come from both the European and American oak casks. This is a great, chocolatey addition of a (teenage) no age statement release.

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    This product does not contain any notifiable allergens
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    £150.00
    Customer rating
    3.5
    55 reviews
    5 Stars15
    4 Stars20
    3 Stars9
    2 Stars7
    1 Star3

    Never mind the marketing story, taste the whisky!

    seriously good stuff at this price point. sweet oloroso influence and just enough HP smoke to make it interesting. Don't buy the anti-NAS hype, or the anti-Viking marketing hype (which I agree is stupid) . . . just drink the whisky. still available in places for around $70-ish U.S.

    Master of Malt Customer Sep 24, 2019

    Great trip to the Park

    This is my first experience with HP. Got the bottle as a birthday gift. This is a somewhat heavy whisky which will be perfect for moments of relaxation and reflection. In the glass: Nice amber colour. The smell of sherry og a tad of alcohol is first to hit the nose. Then sweet, ripe fruits and cocoa/dark sugar. Left to breathe, the sherry and alcohol wears off a bit and give more room for the fruitier sweetness. In the mouth: Fat, oily and sweet with a mild hint of smoke outlining a surprising combo of cocoa and citrus fruit. Oh - and sugars -soooo dark sugars carried by a well integrated alcohol. The finish is medium long. It carries the smokiness with the alcohol for a wee while but is then taken over by the sherry. This one just has a lot going on and a lot to offer. I do see it getting bad reviews from some. If this is a bad HP, then the good ones must truly bed mighty.

    Master of Malt Customer May 4, 2019

    Sweet, pleasant and lightly smoked

    I could taste this one last night, really liked it. The nose is great, it is very sweet and welcoming on the palate, very enjoyable. It is quiet similar to the Amrut Peated, which is more fruity and complex, but has the same kind of flavour and dry finish.

    Joel Dec 30, 2018

    Chocolate

    Smoke and Sherry with a lot of Chocolate and oranges. A good whisky. Underrated.

    Master of Malt Customer Nov 6, 2018

    Sherry with smoke, dried fruit and sugars. Long finish.

    Complex, bold and very unique. Highly underrated.

    Master of Malt Customer Jun 29, 2018

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