HighlandPark12YearOldSingleMaltScotchWhisky(700ml)

Sans The extreme northern archipelago of mostly uninhabited islands around Orkney is in every sense isolated. It’s not known when the first distillery was established in Orkney, but there were almost certainly local producers by the middle of the eighteenth century. Above the capital, Kirkwall, is a rise with fine views out to the northern isles traditionally known as the ‘High Parkâ€? It’s here that Highland Park distillery was said to have been founded in 1795. There have been several different owners, before coming into the hands of James Grant and family in the late 1800s. By 1826 when the distillery became legal, the site had already become known as ‘Highland Parkâ€? Now owned by The Edrington Group, its location must partly be accountable for the distinctive character of the malt, through the surrounding ocean, the local peat and the Orkney spring water. To blenders, the distillate is prized â€?many of whom claim it possesses unique ‘catalysticâ€?properties which enhance flavours in other whiskies.