Therefore, I recommend passing your turn, unless you are interested in the trilogy. So all in all a whisky that HP fans (ok…fanatics) will buy, maybe even in double, but will not go unto History for anyone. Created using a higher proportion of their local peated malt and predominantly matured in sherry seasoned oak casks to give this whisky its smoky, sweet flavour. A deeper mouth expressing an interesting side of HP. Somewhat disappointing.Ĭomments : a quiet nose, like the calm before the storm. Very atypical flavors for an HP, including peat much more pronounced.įinal : short and fast, similar to the mouth. Palate : warm and full, we have a first impression of grilled pears…on a peat fire. The nose is balanced, relatively discreet but will reveal what’s going on on the palate… Nose : in contrast peat-dried fruit-candied fruit. There was Valkyrie, now it’s Valknut, and there will be Valkfather. Do the math.Īs for this particular edition, this is the 2nd installment in a Valhalla trilogy (I’ll soon review the 1st one). As someone there told me, Orkney has been part of the Danemark Kingdom for more than 6 centuries, and part of Scotland for less than 6. People have no idea how much Viking there is on the island : the streets, the boats names, the shops, etc. But I have to say, after spending 2 weeks on Orkney, it’s not HP embracing it : it’s the whole island. Some fans and industry members have criticized this portion of marketing. As of late, Highland Park has been embracing its Vikings roots for every new expressions, except its core line and single casks. The use of Orkney’s peat and high quality Sherry casks is what makes HP such a unique Scotch. Just like for Macallan, Edrington possesses its own Sherry factory, helping to guarantee an enough arrival of Sherry casks. HP also uses, mainly, some of the highest quality Sherry casks. So the peat there is just decomposed grass, or heather, giving the whisky a much “smoother” peat side than other peated whisky.
On Orkney, there is no tall vegetation, no trees, no shrubs. This one is very different than what can be found in the Highlands or on Islay. He chose a place up from Kirkwall (Orkney’s largest city) to see the authorities coming, a Park High from town…thus the name Highland Park (absolutely no reference to the Scottish Highlands or the geographical position of Orkney compared to Mainland).As for process goes, HP uses a small part of peated barley, about 20%, with their own peat. Highland Park, born 1798 from the imagination of Magnus Eunson : butcher and church officer…he was also a smuggler and an illicit distiller by night. Highland Park Valknut is created using a higher proportion of our local peated malt and predominantly matured in sherry seasoned oak casks to give this.
On to the review: Whiskey Name: Valknut Distiller: Highland Park Age: NAS Mash bill: 100 Orkney Tartan Malted Barley Cask: American Oak ex-sherry Proof. The bottle design is three interlocked triangles used in Norse mythology to represent fallen honorable warriors. Aged in ex- Sherry (European oak) and peated at a higher level than usual Valknut means knot of those killed in battle.
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