The journey continues……….
Loki
Woooowhooooooo!
Yes its another stormer from the +Highland Park Whisky Valhalla
range, bloody hell they know how to do it amazing, now I'm talking about this
one before I write any notes. God I'm blown away really, this puts them firmly
on the map as one of the best distilleries around.
When I tried Thor I skimmed over it and wrote little in
the way of tasting notes but this is a breezer.
Firstly what's it all about? Well this is the second
release, Loki is Thor's adoptive brother, a mischievous soul, possibly even a
shape-shifter and certainly an enigmatic character.
Highland Park I think looked to better last years release or at least match it
and well they did just that , matched it and bettered it, this is a wee 15 year
old single Dram bottled at 48.7% ABV and unusually, some heavily peated casks
were used for part of the maturation, also I might add could be some older
whisky in this it is more mature than a 15 year old.
Again the packing is shaped like a Viking inspired long
ship, impressive, but will the malt be as impressive, the bottle is like an old
hand blown bottle coloured glass.
Now reading around about this before I bought it, there
is a lot of tension on the pricing, I tend to agree to a certain extent yes its
pricey, but lets face it, I look at it like…. I want to try it and yes HP has
never let me down in any bottling I tried to date so if its to much leave it or
if your in a wee whisky club then get it!
Location…
HIGHLANDS
Where…
At Home.
Why…
Can’t leave to the crocodile tear mob at my funeral.
Tasting…
Nose:
Porridge-y, Spicy sour apple juice, grainy.
Palate:
This gets the taste buds juicing up at first with spicy smoked wood, then
custard, woody spices and boiled sweets.
Finish:
Smoked vanilla pods, winter spiced toffee.
Comments: Completely
different to Thor, Highland Park released only 21,000 bottles of this, however
its more mature than a 15 year old bottling and with two more coming over the
next couple of years it will be interesting to see what they come up with
trying to top the 2 already released.
Tick Tock Highland
Park.
Get
it…
At lillionwine.com here in Hong Kong or Online at the
Whisky Shops.'
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