8th Jul, 2022 10:30

Whisky: The Finest Cut

 
  Lot 50
 

HIGHLAND PARK 12 YEAR OLD VIKING HONOUR AND BUNNAHABHAIN STIUIREADAIR

HIGHLAND PARK 12 YEAR OLD VIKING HONOUR

Single malt.

Orkney’s Highland Park distillery is situated in the town of Kirkwall on the site of an illicit still thought to have been operated by Magnus Eunson, a smuggler, local butcher and former priest who was directly descended from Viking settlers. With that heritage, it’s fitting that today they frequently draw from Scandinavian mythology when it comes to naming their whiskies.

The distillery is known for its signature style that utilises Orcadian peat in the malting process, resulting in a fragrant, heathery spirit that is most often left matured in Sherry wood.

40% ABV / 70cl

BUNNAHABHAIN STIUIREADAIR

Single malt.

Purpose built in 1881 by William Baxter, Bunnahabhain distillery on the northeast coast of Islay featured housing for its workers, as well as its own pier for ease of transporting whisky and materials to and from the mainland. As with most distilleries, much of its life was spent producing blending stock, but in the late 1980s it began to appear as a single malt.

Initially this single malt output was mostly sherry matured and so lightly peated as to be barely perceptible, placing Bunna’ firmly in the minority of Islay whiskies. However, since its takeover by Distell in 2013 around 20% of the spirit produced there is now heavily peated, with these expressions bearing the name “Moine” (the Gaelic word for peat).

46.3% ABV / 70cl

 

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Sold for £45
Estimated at £40 - £80


 
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