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Highland Park Valkyrie Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky

alc./vol:
45.9%

Proof:
91.8°

Vintage:
Non-vintage

Aged:
No age statement

Category: Island single malt whisky

Product of: Product of United Kingdom United Kingdom

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The first in a series of three special Viking Legend releases from Highland Park, according old Norse legend, Valkyries descended from the heavens on horseback to comb the battlefields for brave fallen warriors, heroes fit to enter the great Norse god Odin’s hall, Valhalla.

Review and Tasting

Sampled on 10/06/2017

Appearance

Clear, deep coppery amber.

Aroma

Malty, bready and lightly peaty with red apple, earthy bark, sea salt, vanilla, balsamic vinegar, liquorice, candied ginger and mild cinnamon, black pepper and nutmeg spice.

Taste

Dry, sea salt, lightly peaty, liquorice, nutmeg and black pepper spice, faint soy sauce. Spicier with water.

Aftertaste

Salty, earthy charcoal, peaty and enlivening spice.

Overall

Sea salty, malty, earthy and peaty with liquorice and spice. A rewarding, generous malt with rich island character.

Further product information

Closure: Natural cork stopper

More about Highland Park Valkyrie

Scotch Whisky Regions

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Produced by Highland Park Distillery

The water is very hard and rises from a spring on a hill half-a-mile away from the distillery. It is held in a reservoir at a disused Walliwall quarry before being piped to the...

Owned by The Edrington Group Limited

West Kinfauns, Perth, PH2 7XZ, United Kingdom
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UK distribution by Edrington-Beam Suntory

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