Highland Park Dark Origins 高原騎士 黑原創 (700ml 46.8%)~ 蘇格蘭高原騎士單一純麥威士忌海外發表最新酒款 - 高原騎士黑原創(Highland Park Dark Origins)威士忌,受1700年代晚期由高原騎士創辦人Magnus Eunson發起的秘密走私活動啟發,高原騎士黑原創為無年份威士忌,正式成為酒廠永久品項之一。 高原騎士黑原創為非冷凝過濾,裝瓶酒精濃度為46.8%,雙倍調和首次裝桶(first-fill)的雪莉桶威士忌,像是高原騎士12年,成就出更深邃、更濃郁的風味。 伴隨著雪莉香料、巧克力和經典的煙燻味,高原騎士黑原創威士忌口感令人驚豔;全球市場經理Gerry Tosh表示:「木桶管理對於高原騎士而言是相當重要的工作,我們一直努力提高水準採購適合的木材製作橡木桶。」 Gerry Tosh說明:「優質的橡木桶確保所打造的單一純麥威士忌具有濃烈、溫暖、迷人的風味,黑原創完美符合我們的核心精神,卻不失自我特色,絕對能成為高原騎士的經典酒款。」 得獎紀錄~ 2016 MMA Bronze Medal 麥芽狂人獎 銅牌 |
Dark Origins Bottling Note~ Highland Park Dark Origins is a new core bottling that celebrates the early days of Magnus Eunson's illicit distilling on Orkney, back before the distillery was even founded in 1798. Magnus worked as a butcher and church official by day, but by night he was a legendary whisky smuggler and distiller outwitting the exciseman. To honour their hero (the Batman of the Orkney Islands, if you will), Highland Park have created a whisky with a suitably 'dark' character. Using 80% first-fill Sherry casks (20% refill) - 60% are first-fill European oak, with 20% being first-fill American oak - an exciting, spicy, chocolatey whisky has been produced. Tasting Note~ Nose: Dusty baking spices and cocoa at first, cinnamon, vanilla, dates. Coffee cream Revels (possibly a couple of the orange ones too), a touch of blackcurrant/liquorice, plus butterscotch and an interplay between milk and dark chocolate. Palate: Sweet, fragrant peat emerges with nutty melted milk chocolate and a little orange alongside some pastries. Finish: Long and sweet, a little dry chocolate, just a hint of that heather smoke, then salivating. Overall: Rounded first-fill Sherry notes come from both the European and American oak casks. This is a great, chocolatey addition of a (teenage) no age statement release. |