15 April 2026

    • Highland Park 40 Years Old

    Winning Bid
    £1,850
    RESERVE MET

    Highland Park 40 Years Old

    Lot #0680779
    FINISH DATE
    31 July 2019

    Highland Park 40-year-old is not a 'here today, gone tomorrow' single cask they uncovered in the warehouse. Through foresight, they are blessed with stocks of aged Whisky. Many other distilleries would love to be in the enviable position. As it is not a single cask, but a vatting of casks each of which is at least 40 years old, the tasting notes are broader in scope.

    Highland Park 40 year old is presented in a solid oak wooden box, finished to cabinet quality by Mount Gabriel - a specialist in the field. The choice of wood was intended to reflect the heritage of Highland Park's use of sherry seasoned oak casks. It delivers the weight and substance you would expect for a venerable single malt such as this.

    The Amulette adorns the outside of the box and the inside hinged door features an exquisitely detailed carving of a mythical Viking sea dragon locked in a struggle of life and death with a giant snake. This carving is influenced heavily by the Urness style so prevalent in Norway at that time and can be found on jewellery, artefacts and Viking longboats now preserved in museums throughout Scandinavia. Many of these Viking longboats used the sea dragon as their fearsome figurehead, sitting atop the bow of their boats as they raided Orkney, Shetland and the North of Scotland.

    The hinged door contains a leather-bound booklet.

    Highland Park

    The Macallan might be the jewel in the crown of Edrington, but a close second is Highland Park, especially after the brand investment, it has received in recent times. Established in 1798 by David Robertson on the outskirts on Kirkwall on Orkney, history suggests the site was used for illicit distillery way before this official date. In a landscape shaped by nature, ravaged by Vikings and the tides of war, Highland Park manages to bring everything together. A historical whisky that is universally appreciated, offering a little bit of something and famously called an ‘all rounder’, from locally sourced peat to a welcoming rugged characteristic. Highland Park doesn’t need the branding to stand out from the crowd. An increasingly varied core range can seem bewildering to someone new, so start with the 18 year old and being your voyage.

    Lot Features
    • BOTTLER
      Official
    • DISTILLERY
      Highland Park
    • TYPE
      Full Size
    • SIZE
      70 cl
    • STRENGTH
      48.3% vol
    • APPROX. SHIPPING WEIGHT (kg)
      4
    Region
    Scotland, Islands
    Scotland, Islands

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