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Adelphi Highland Park 21 years

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(2)€881Scotland, Island, Single Malt

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Highland Park sits in Kirkwall, the northernmost single malt distillery in Scotland. Adelphi, the revered independent bottler revived in 1993, chose a single cask of this Orkney spirit and let it speak. Twenty-one years gave it real depth without burying the fruit. Apricot and peach lead, with guava and fresh pineapple behind them. There is a grassy, floral lift and a thread of salt that points back to the islands. A faint medicinal note keeps it interesting. Bottled at natural strength, it drinks best neat, slowly, in good company.

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Highland Park

Highland Park distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery located in Kirkwall, on the island of Orkney in Scotland. The distillery was founded in 1798 and is one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland, with over 200 years of whisky-making experience. The distillery is located on a hill overlooking Kirkwall, and draws its water from the nearby Cattie Maggie spring. Highland Park produces a range of whiskies, including both unpeated and peated expressions, which are aged in a combination of oak casks, including ex-bourbon, sherry, and hogshead casks.

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About the Adelphi Highland Park 21 years

Adelphi Highland Park 21 years is a single malt Scotch whisky drawn from the Highland Park distillery in Kirkwall. On the Island region of Scotland. It carries the Adelphi name, the independent bottler revived in 1993 by the Walker family. They select single casks, then bottle them naturally. No chill filtration, no added colour, just the whisky as the cask left it. Highland Park is the northernmost single malt distillery in the country, set out on the Orkney islands. The cool, salt-laden air shapes the spirit over its long sleep. This twenty-one year old expression shows what patience does to good island whisky. Apricot, peach and guava arrive first. Fresh pineapple and a clean malty sweetness follow, lifted by a grassy, floral edge. There is more here than fruit. A vegetative, earthy note runs underneath. And a faint medicinal whisper nods to the heather peat Highland Park is known for using. Soft vanilla rounds the middle. A trace of salt keeps everything bright and anchored to the sea. The texture is full without being heavy, the work of those two decades in oak. Adelphi built its reputation by choosing casks others overlook. The original Adelphi distillery dated to 1826 in Glasgow, and the name returned as a respected bottler before Ardnamurchan opened. Each release is its own thing. This Adelphi Highland Park 21 years is a single statement. Not a blended house style, and that honesty is the point. Drink it neat, in a decent glass, with a little time. The fruit opens, the salt and earth settle, and the long finish carries vanilla and a soft mineral grip. It suits anyone who loves mature Orkney whisky with character. A fine showcase of what a careful independent bottler can do.