Highland Park 1977
Bicentenary Vintage Reserve
Two centuries of tradition are distilled into this singular and complex malt.
One of around 15,000 bottles. This is the same bottle that was recently re-released as the repatriation bottle in wooden packaging after the discovery of over 800 of these bottles in a warehouse in Japan.
Unlike the wooden packaged repatriation bottle, this is the original with original tube.
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.
