Highland Park 1966 40 Years Oak Cask No. 11008 Orkney Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky 41.5% Vol. of the Duncan Taylor Cask Strength Rare Auld Edition - one of only 139 bottles of an outstanding Orkney Islands Single Malt!
A very rare vintage 1966 40 years-old Highland Park Orkney Islands single malt scotch whisky from the famous Cask Strength Rare Auld edition by Duncan Taylor, which was distilled in December 1966 and after 40 years of maturation in oak cask no. 11008 bottled in December 2006 without the addition of dyes and chill filtration in a batch of only 139 individually hand-numbered bottles at cask strength 41.3% vol. This outstanding 40 years-old Highland Park Orkney single cask scotch whisky has a beautiful amber colour and is a delight due to its maturity and complexity.
The whiskies offered between 2002 and 2011 by Duncan Taylor in the Peerless Cask Strength Rare Auld Edition acquired by Abe Rosenberg since the early 1960s come from the more than 4000 casks of selected premium distilleries, such as Aberlour, Ben Riach, Bowmore, Brora, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Caperdonich, Clynelish, Dallas Dhu, Dalmore, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Glenburgie, Glenesk, Glenlivet, Glenlossie, Glenrothes, Inchgower, Knockando, Linlithgow, Laphroaig, Longmorn, Macallan, Macduff, Miltonduff, Old Pulteney, Springbank, Strathisla, Strathmill, Tamdhu and Tomatin and are all bottled as single cask whiskies in limited editions. All whiskies from the legendary Peerless Cask Strength Rare Auld Edition are of exceptional quality, have won several awards and especially the old bottlings from the 1960s of Macallan, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain and Highland Park are rare today and achieve considerable prices in the special auctions from Krüger, Bonhams and Christies.
A special piece of whisky history from the Orkney distillery Highland Park for connoisseurs, the discerning whisky collector and lovers of extraordinary and exquisite old Scotch whiskies.
- Typ: Single Malt Whisky - Independent bottling
- District: Orkney Island
- Vintage: December 1966
- Age: 40 years old
- Year bottled: December 2006
- Cask Wood Type: Oak Cask
- Cask-No.: 11008
- Alcohol ABV% 41.5 - Cask Strength
- Bottling Series: Vintage 1966 Cask Strength Rare Auld Limited Single Cask Edition
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml
- not coloured / not chill filtered
- Packaging original boxed (box with traces)
- Producer/Importer: Duncan Taylor, King Street, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, AB548HP, Scotland
- Country of Origin Scotland
- limited, one of only 139 bottles - very rare bottling and special collector s whisky!
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