HIGHLAND PARK VALKNUT REVIEW CRACKED

This gives a smokier character, says Highland Park master whisky maker Gordon Motion, but it remains вЂat the lower end of the Islay spectrumвЂ™. I think IвЂ™ve come to this trilogy too late. Valknut has intensely balanced flavour matured predominantly in American oak with a slightly higher percentage of peat, compared to Valkyrie, which enhances. Valkyrie is the first of three Viking Legend expressions, with Valknut and Valhalla to follow in 2018/19, and is made using 50 heavily peated malt, and 50 regular Highland Park production. My glass emptied without me really noticing the time slip by. Even though the flavours are strong, that light body and set of delicate supporting flavours make this something of a sweet peat treat and it really keeps you going back for more. It makes a real show of having delicious peat-led flavours that would normally take a backseat in a regular Highland Park release. The stories are the stuff of legend, but for all the marketing and Viking mythology, I think that this whisky would go down in legend too if it was a regular release. The light body and strong, lasting flavours really make this one to savour but keep going back for more. Woodsmoke and pepper linger for a long while and finally peat-er out.

HIGHLAND PARK VALKNUT REVIEW CRACKED

ThereвЂ™s a nice little bitter dark chocolate note in there too but that final flurry of flavours contains cracked black pepper mostly. Highland Park Valknut is the second release in the Viking Legends collection and its certainly a pleasing dram. Over the next two years, Valknut and Valhalla will join Valkyrie and complete the Viking Legend Series. Valkyrie replaces Dark Origins in the Highland Park portfolio. Maybe even a little creaminess to it but then the oak starts to reveal itself through the cloud of smoke however with more vanilla and bucket loads of peppery spices. Highland Park Valkyrie is due to be released and is the first of three expressions in a new range called the Viking Legend Series. Followed by peat of course, but it has a real lightness to the body that I wasnвЂ™t expecting. I bought this as I liked HP 12yr, i wanted to try a peaty whisky and this hit the spot. These notes are faint though as itвЂ™s all about that drying wood smoke smell.ДЇor all the smoke on the nose, the first flavours are delicate vanilla and peach. After a little time to breathe the sweeter notes are now like pears and oranges (probably burnt orange though). Smoky, fruity, and rich on the nose with honey, fresh orange, light smoke, and a rich earthiness to it which fits in nicely with the highland park profile. It still has their house-style of sweet heathery peat smoke to it too. More like the smells of the remnants of a bonfire though вЂ“ ashy and ashen. It manages to be strong in flavour but without blowing your head off or make you think that youвЂ™re sniffing an actual peat brick of dirt. Well yes now! It is peaty and lives up to its billing.

Highland park valknut review