{"product_id":"highland-park-valknut-viking-legends-2018-70cl","title":"Highland Park Valknut (Viking Legends 2018) 70cl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 28px;\"\u003eHighland Park Valknut (Viking Legends 2018) 70cl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnother Viking Legend has arrived from Highland Park! The second release in the series created in partnership with Danish designer Jim Lyngvild is Valknut. The spirit used for this single malt features a small portion of Orkney-grown Tartan barley, and was matured predominantly in American oak sherry seasoned casks. Slightly smokier than your standard Highland Park whisky, so if you like a peaty treat, you've found a great option right here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cnav\u003e\u003c\/nav\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second release in Highland Park's Viking Legend series. Found upon the bodies of slain warriors and thought to invoke the presence of Odin himself, Valknut will transport you to a roaring longhouse feast with its woody, smoky and spicy character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eHighland Park remains the most northerly whisky distillery in Scotland, although not by much, as it is little more than a stone's throw from fellow Orcadian, Scapa. Accounts of the distillery's genesis vary, and the truth is probably lost to the mists of time, but it is thought that a local farmer named David Robertson founded what we now know as Highland Park distillery in 1798, on the site of an illicit still operated by nefarious smuggler (and former priest) Magnus Eunson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince its introduction as a single malt in the late 1970s, the distillery has been awarded many plaudits, not least of which came from the late, great whisky writer Michael Jackson, who called it “the greatest all rounder in the world of whisky”. It's characteristic style coming from the use of Sherry casks, along with an often cited heathery sweetness imparted to the spirit by way of the distinct Orcadian peat used during the malting process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the second in a series of three special Viking Legend releases.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Valknut symbol of three interlinked triangles was used in Norse mythology to represent honourable warriors killed in battle, and appears on the first of the four Stora\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eHammars stones and the picture stone at Tängelgårda in Gotland, Sweden, both significant Nordic monuments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNose\u003c\/strong\u003e Warming peat smoke rises, paired with fresh vanilla, thyme honey and sandalwood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePalate\u003c\/strong\u003e Toasted barley and fennel seed, with a kick of cinnamon underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinish\u003c\/strong\u003e Flamed orange peel, a very light touch of BBQ char, gingerbread and nutmeg.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e**DUE END MAY 2024**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e46.8% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Highland Park","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54687053414725,"sku":"5010314307035","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/9495\/8661\/files\/4327695161.jpg?v=1746549638","url":"https:\/\/b1yyjg-bk.myshopify.com\/products\/highland-park-valknut-viking-legends-2018-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation Old","version":"1.0","type":"link"}