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Highland Park 'The Dragon' 36 Year Old, Hogshead Cask, Cask #4493, 1961, Robertson of Kirkwall, 48.1%
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Highland Park 'The Dragon' 36 Year Old, Hogshead Cask, Cask #4493, 1961, Robertson of Kirkwall, 48.1%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 58
Average Score
Avg 94
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Description

A bottle of single malt from Highland Park that was distilled in 1961 then matured in Single Cask No.4493. This was then bottled in 1997 as part of 'The Dragon' series, an iconic range of bottles all captured by Robertsons of Kirkwall. The original bottles were considered too plain to sell unpackaged in the modern market. So now some come to sale in a mahogany lacquered linden wood box. The whisky ...

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Cask type
Hogshead
Bottling
Independent Bottling - Robertson of Kirkwall
Peated
Lightly Peated
Single cask
Yes
Non-chill filtered
No
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
4493
Batch
N.A
PPM
N.A
Barley
N.A
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
N.A
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
216
Has box
Yes
Closure
N.A
Presentation
Wooden box
Series highlights
The Dragon
Historical context
The name 'The Dragon' references a 12th-century carving by Norse Crusaders in the Maes Howe chambered tomb, Orkney.
Special release
N.A
Allocation
N.A
Nose
Dried mango, crystallised ginger, tangerine, candied peel, yellow grapes, dusty parchment, old leather books, polished wood, beeswax, dried heather, slight coal, minerality, honey, vanilla, coconut, hint of allspice.
Palate
Apricot, nectarine, blood orange segments, minerality, whiff of coal dust, honey, beeswax, camphor, waxed canvas, chalk, twist of sea salt, thick, spicy.
Finish
Complex, subtle elegance, with lingering fruit, spice, and a hint of smoke and minerality.
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