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Highland Park 56

Rare. Remote. Remarkable

£40,000

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Highland Park 56 is the oldest and rarest whisky we have ever created, with a remarkable flavour to match: intensely aromatic, but with a wonderfully clear expression of our Orkney heathered peat smoke. It was crafted from an exceptional line of casks, first laid down in 1968 and hand-selected for further aging in 2008 by our Master Whisky Maker Gordon Motion, and comes in a unique presentation case and decanter that pay tribute to the more than half a century of craft that have gone into its making—as well as the centuries of Orkney creativity that have inspired it.   

ABV

47.1

|

700ml

United States

CHANGE

  • Jasmine
  • Lilac
  • Sweet raisins
  • Cloudy honey 
  • Seville orange peel
  • Delicate peat smoke 

40YO-FLAVOUR

The Flavour

This is a perfumed, complex whisky with enormous depth and distinctive Orkney character. On the nose, you’ll get aromas of jasmine, sweet raisins, cloudy honey and delicate peat smoke, while on the palate you’ll find notes of citrus and orange peel as well as spices and a hint of lapsang souchong tea. The finish is exceptionally subtle, mixing woody spice with honeyed oak and fragrant heathered peat smoke.  

Highland Park Distillery Casks

The craft

In 2008 Gordon Motion selected ten special casks, first laid down in 1968, that contained whiskies of an unusual flavour profile—both complex and intriguingly ethereal—that showed potential for further ageing. To further develop the flavour of each of these casks, he decided to marry and re-rack them in a series of first-fill sherry-seasoned Oak casks.  The 56 is made entirely from one of these casks, a never-before-tasted, sherry-seasoned, first-fill American Oak Puncheon that became ready for bottling in 2024.  

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The stories

The presentation box and decanter of the 56 are inspired by the ways in which Orkney’s inhabitants have made their mark on the islands’ landscape, and, more specifically, the Standing Stones of Stenness, one of Orkney’s most dramatic neolithic monuments. These stones, created over 5,000 years ago, are an enduring symbol of Orkney’s creative past, present and future—and the heritage of craft that inspires the creation of all our oldest and rarest whiskies.

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