Highland Park 1979 29 Year Old Return of the Vikings

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.

Hand selected and bottled for Return of the Vikings, this bottle has been signed by Max McFarlane, former whisky maker at Edrington who has now joined new Lowland distillery, Ardgowan.

Distilled: 1979

Bottled: 2008

Age: 29 Years Old

Cask Number: 413

56.1% ABV / 70cl

Bottle Number: One of only 84 bottles released

Please note minor scratches to back of carton.

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