Highland Park
With its highly traditional Single Malt scotch whiskies, the Scottish distillery Highland Park has won over enthusiasts and critics from all over the world during its more than 220 years of history. Located in the Orkney Islands archipelago, precisely in the town of Kirkwall, this production reality is configured as the northernmost distillery in all of Scotland, situated in a rugged territory characterized by long winters, frequent violent storms, and very strong winds. Its origins date back to 1798, and the distillery now has 23 warehouses and two ancient pagoda-shaped kilns.
In the production of its whiskies, the Scottish distillery Highland Park uses pure barley dried in the two pagoda kilns fueled by locally hand-harvested peat from the Hobbister moor, a few kilometers southwest of Kirkwall. During the malting phase, the mash is periodically mixed by hand to maintain the right humidity and allow the peat smoke to be absorbed evenly. The resulting distillation process employs four stills and occurs slowly and gradually in such a way as to favor the complexity and aromatic finesse of the whiskies. For long aging, American and European oak barrels previously used for sherry maturation are employed, stored in the estate's warehouses under optimal humidity and temperature conditions. The whiskies are finally bottled without additives or colorants.
The scotch whiskies of Highland Park are rich and complex distillates, endowed with an indomitable peaty character that evokes the wild and rugged territory of the Orkney Islands. The distillery's main range of whiskies pays homage to the Vikings, a population that settled in the Orkneys at the beginning of the 9th century, starting to engage in activities such as agriculture, craftsmanship, and trade. These are highly sought-after distillates since in the Orkney archipelago, located outside the five main Scottish regions dedicated to whisky production, there are only two active distilleries.
With its highly traditional Single Malt scotch whiskies, the Scottish distillery Highland Park has won over enthusiasts and critics from all over the world during its more than 220 years of history. Located in the Orkney Islands archipelago, precisely in the town of Kirkwall, this production reality is configured as the northernmost distillery in all of Scotland, situated in a rugged territory characterized by long winters, frequent violent storms, and very strong winds. Its origins date back to 1798, and the distillery now has 23 warehouses and two ancient pagoda-shaped kilns.
In the production of its whiskies, the Scottish distillery Highland Park uses pure barley dried in the two pagoda kilns fueled by locally hand-harvested peat from the Hobbister moor, a few kilometers southwest of Kirkwall. During the malting phase, the mash is periodically mixed by hand to maintain the right humidity and allow the peat smoke to be absorbed evenly. The resulting distillation process employs four stills and occurs slowly and gradually in such a way as to favor the complexity and aromatic finesse of the whiskies. For long aging, American and European oak barrels previously used for sherry maturation are employed, stored in the estate's warehouses under optimal humidity and temperature conditions. The whiskies are finally bottled without additives or colorants.
The scotch whiskies of Highland Park are rich and complex distillates, endowed with an indomitable peaty character that evokes the wild and rugged territory of the Orkney Islands. The distillery's main range of whiskies pays homage to the Vikings, a population that settled in the Orkneys at the beginning of the 9th century, starting to engage in activities such as agriculture, craftsmanship, and trade. These are highly sought-after distillates since in the Orkney archipelago, located outside the five main Scottish regions dedicated to whisky production, there are only two active distilleries.
