Highland Park Thor 16 Year Old

52.1%

70cl

About

Highland Park Thor 16 Year Old
(Valhalla Collection)

At Highland Park we insist on an uncompromising approach to whisky-making. We’re one of only a handful of distilleries that slowly malts its barley on the stone floor, physically turning it by hand for a more balanced flavour. Next, we smoke it over local aromatic peat, hand-cut from Hobbister Moor to bring a unique fragrant heather character to the whisky. Then it’s placed into oak casks – not just your usual bourbon casks though – sherry oak casks from Spain that cost ten times as much, but bring priceless natural colour and flavour to our whisky.

Tasting notes - Concentrated and forceful, with bold waves of aromatic smoke. This whisky immediately commands your attention from the first encounter. Its high strength grabs the palate, refusing to let go. As its big flavours swirl around the mouth, some softer, sweeter notes develop, giving Thor and unexpected layer of complexity and depth. The finish thunders on, leaving behind the impression of both strength and foreboding.

Then comes the hardest part: leaving it be for 12 or more years to mature in the consistently cool Orcadian air. And even when it’s ready, we’re not. We choose and combine our best casks, then leave them to settle and harmonise for just that little bit longer to deliver our complex whisky.

It has a rich toffee sweetness and a long mouth-watering smokey finish. It’s the kind of dram you long for when you’ve worked as hard as us.

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