Description

• Alcohol %: 45.7%
• Decant Time: 15 minutes
• Taste: dark chocolate, fudge, heather, honey, nutty toffee, dried fruits, sherry, smoke, citrus peel, vanilla, sea salt, peppery spice, oak, maritime, ashy
• Food Matching: Dark chocolate (70%+), Smoked lamb or game, Blue cheese (e.g. Stilton), Roast pork with apple compote, Nutty desserts and toffee-based sweets, Roasted nuts and aged hard cheeses
• Grape Variety: none ,

Tasting note

高原騎士25年是一支來自奧克尼群島的成熟單一麥芽，融合了雪莉桶的深厚果乾甜感與酒廠特有的石南花泥煤煙燻。酒色自然，呈現金銅暖調。聞香先是蜂蜜、柑橘皮與烤果乾，隨後釋放香草、太妃糖與巧克力的誘人香氣；入口圓潤油滑，太妃糖與堅果香氣細緻爬升，海風帶來的鹹感與溫和煙燻交織，尾段留有胡椒與木質香的悠長餘韻。 酒廠背景與釀造：高原騎士（Highland Park）由經驗豐富的釀酒團隊與首席釀酒師監督，選用島上風土影響下的麥芽與特殊泥煤，採傳統蒸餾方式，接著放入雪莉調教的歐洲與美國橡木桶及波本桶長年熟成。奧克尼穩定、帶海霧的氣候讓木桶與酒液緩慢融合，造就層次豐富且圓潤的口感。 口感提示（輕鬆說）：這支酒入口像暖暖的太妃巧克力布丁，慢慢被海鹽、煙燻和香料喚醒；適合一邊細啜，一邊配上黑巧克力或燒烤味重的肉品，慢慢享受它堆疊出的每一層風味。

Highland Park 25 is a mature island dram that marries rich sherry-cask fruit and dark chocolate with the distillery's signature heather peat smoke. Colour is a natural, deep gold with warm copper highlights. On the nose expect honeyed citrus, dried fruits and layers of vanilla and spice; the palate delivers fudge, toffee and nutty tones underpinned by saline, maritime smoke and a cedar-oak backbone. Maturation took place in a carefully balanced mix of first-fill sherry-seasoned European and American oak casks plus bourbon casks, allowing both vibrant sweetness and complex dry spice to develop over decades in Orkney’s temperate, sea-swept climate. Producer notes: natural cask-driven colour, flavours of dark chocolate, fudge, heather, honey, nutty toffee and dried fruits. Master Distiller Gordon Motion oversees a slow, traditional approach from floor-malted character to long cask ageing. Production & maturation notes: malted barley and island peat provide the core smoky floral character; distillation follows Highland Park’s traditional spirit profile before long maturation in a mix of American and French oak, sherry and bourbon-seasoned casks. The result is an oily, full-bodied whisky with layered sweetness, coastal salinity and a long, peppery, smoky finish.

Winery

高原騎士酒廠位於奧克尼群島，歷史悠久且風格明顯。由Edrington集團擁有，首席釀酒師Gordon Motion把關製程：從傳統麥芽處理、受海風影響的泥煤風味，到以雪莉與波本桶交替熟成的長期陳放。島上氣候緩慢而穩定，讓橡木與酒液細膩融合，成就海島風味與豐富層次。

Highland Park distillery, on the Orkney Islands, is one of Scotland’s historic producers. Owned by The Edrington Group and overseen by Master Distiller Gordon Motion, Highland Park combines traditional floor-malted spirit, local peat character and a long, balanced maturation program using sherry-seasoned European and American oak plus bourbon casks. The distillery’s cold, maritime climate contributes to the slow interaction between spirit and wood, producing rich, coastal-driven single malts.