Highland Park 1989 21 Years Bourbon Cask and Banyuls Wine Cask Finish Single Malt Scotch Whisky Cask Strength 50.3% ABV - one of 645 bottles - perfect and rare bottling of the limited Mission Gold Series by Murray McDavid
The tradition of independent bottling ranges in Murray McDavid 150 years back and was at that time the only way to enjoy the high-quality single malts of the smaller distilleries. Murray McDavid, the whisky bottlers with the specific claim, founded by Mark Reynier, Simon Coughlin and Gordon Wright, whose ancestors had worked for generations in the whisky business and his family with Springbank and Cadenhead include two of the oldest and most prestigious names in the whisky world, they are supported by Andrew Gray and Jim McEwan, Masterdistiller of the Bruichladdich distillery. They offer whisky connoisseurs the opportunity exceptional rarities to taste. These range from the unknown to the famous distilleries of different ages and special Wood-finishings. Only the best barrels of the respective Distillery are selected and bottled without the addition of dyes and without the use of chill filtration. With its high standards and the self-imposed commitment to the highest possible quality and individuality of their whiskys represent the independent bottlers now an important element in the history of single malt whiskys and an enrichment of the market. The Scottish Whisky Company is one of the independent bottlers and entered 1997 the first series to the public. In December 2000, the founder of Murray bought then the disused distillery Bruichladdich and led it to its former glory. As Master Distiller Jim McEwan Whisky Legend could be won, a bottling plant was built and even set up a whisky Academy. Bruichladdich was under Murray McDavid now become a center of attraction for whisky-lovers from around the world and one of the most important employers on the Hebridean island of Islay. After 12 successful years, were sold at the Bruichladdich group Remy Cointreau and Murray McDavid itself was taken over in 2013 by the British company Aceo Limited. Especially old single cask bottlings of renowned distilleries in Cask Strength without dye and non chill-filtered from the Mission Gold series are only rarely found and are among the most sought-after whisky rarities on the market.
A fantastic Highland Park single malt scotch whisky from Murray McDavid s acclaimed Mission Cask Strength series. The Mission Cask strength range is a collection of some of the older and rarer casksin the cellars from Murray McDavid chosen for their outstanding quality and uniqueness. Bottled at cask strength at the award winning Bruichladdich distillery on Islay, without being chill filtered or artificially coloured with caramel. This Highland Park malt whisky was distilled in 1989 and aged in bourbon cask and finish in a Banyuls-cask before bottling with an outturn of 645 numbered bottles. An intense, rich and rare Highland Park with a great dark colour from Murray McDavid.
- Nose: gentle, smoky peat with sweet caramel, green apple and subtle fruit notes
- Palate: spicy with soft smoke, notes of fruit and delicate vanilla with subtle orange and pepper
- Finish: long with some smoke, fruit and spices
- Colour: dark amber
- Typ: Single Malt Whisky - Independent bottling
- District: Orkney Island
- Vintage: 1989
- Age: 21 Years
- Year Bottled 2010
- Cask Wood Type: Bourbon and Banyuls-Wine-Cask finish
- Alcohol ABV% 50.3 - Cask Strength
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml
- not coloured / not chill filtered
- Packaging original boxed - Tube
- Importeur: Murray McDavid Ltd., Bruichladdich, Islay, PA49 7UN, Scotland
- Country of Origin Scotland
- limited, one of 645 bottles - collectors item!
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