Highland Park Dragon Legend Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 700ml

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The brand offers several ranges of whiskey that offers different notes of nose, taste, and appearance. In color generally the whiskies have clear, bright gold color or its available glowing amber. The company expertly curb the peat by hand and dried naturally. The peats collected by them are rich in heather. They burn the peats in ancient kilns. It infuses the aromatic smoke in the malting barley. Finish: Medium in length with a good balance between sweetness and oak bitterness. Slight astringency.

Whiskybase B.V. is the Dutch private limited liability company, having its statutory seat in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and its office at Zwaanshals 530, 3035 KS Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Whiskybase B.V. is registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under no. 52072819. First released in 2017 “Dragon Legend” is a smokier version of the Highland Park single malt, named after the legend of Sigurd, who slew Fafnir the serpent in service of the Gods. In this old Norse tale, Odin and Loki, gods of Asgard were travelling in disguise in our world, or Midgard. Stopping to rest at a small dwelling, the Gods were robbed of their gold by Fafnir and his brothers. A crime that was to have dire consequences for those involved. The taste is when the peat hits you but it’s nicely rounded off by the sweeter sherry notes or raisins. There’s definitely some of that highland savoury spice in there but it’s more mellow than say their 12 Year Old offering. The usage of five keystones in the production makes Highland Park whiskey stand out from the rest. The company uses the peats from the island of Orkney. These are woodless but high in heathery. On the nose: Dried cut grass, or a walk through a freshly baled field, maybe stopping of for a glass of sherry or red wine on the way. Some slight candy sweetness.There are numerous advantages of Highland Park single malt whiskey. The company uses high-quality ingredients in the preparation of the whiskey. With the name ‘Dragon Legend’ we just had to try Highland Park’s more unique offering. Sherry cask scotches are popular among the Highlands with distilleries like Glenfarclas also using the fortified wine casks. Highland Park usually peat their whiskies but are not on the same level of smokiness that you’d find with a lot of Islay options. However, with a dragon in this product name, let’s see if it’s any more toasted. This has made the brand more readily available to the casual drinker as opposed to the more knowledgeable aficionado. Perhaps this is aligned with the whisky’s more commercially-styled Viking branding, which makes it appealing and accessible to more than just the golden liquid connoisseurs? For whatever reason, it’s now on the shelf. Dragon Legend, despite sounding like it was named by an over-eager adolescent that enjoys tabletop role-playing games, is a rather satisfying dram that I have been enjoying more than I expected to. It’s more in-your-face than the core range but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing and there remains enough of a recognisable trace of the distillery character to please diehards. Highland Park is one of the top brands of whiskey. The company has received several awards for their ranges. The brand expertise in providing a quality range of whiskey enriched in aroma and flavors.

In the travel range, the brand offers a series of whiskeys. They are available in Svein, Einar, Harald, Sigurd, Ragnvald, and Thorfinn. Their range of special editions offers a unique series of whiskey. If we decide not to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms, such decision shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. No partnership, joint venture, agency, or employment relationship is created as a result of your use of the Service. Highland Park Distillery stands on a hill overlooking the town of Kirkwall – largest settlement and administrative centre of Orkney, an archipelago to the north of Scotland.The signature character of the brand is the infuse heathery aromatic smoky flavor. This character of the whiskey is added by the burning of peats. The peats are carefully selected and dried in summer. Regardless of whether the Service offers the functionality to contribute, you are solely responsible and liable for any content and information that you create, upload, post, publish, link to, duplicate, transmit, record, display or otherwise make available on the Service or to other Members, such as chat messages, text messages, videos, audio, audio recordings, music, pictures, photographs, text and any other information or materials, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted (“Contributions”). Highland Park offers its range of whiskey in four categories. They are available in the core range, travel retail range, special editions, and archive. Highland Park the brand of single malt whiskey uses the five keystones in production. The usage of aromatic peat is one of the key ingredients in making of whiskey. Nose: The sweet meets the peat as was promised. Honey, golden syrup, salted caramel and an assortment of dried fruits provide a warm sugary introduction. This is followed by the traditional aromatic, floral HP peat, which is indeed upped a notch for this release. It’s quite ashy and is supported by some damp earthy hay-like malts which provide depth. Light citrus, apple peels and a healthy dose of oranges make for rather the fruit orchard. Both smoke and sweetness are enhanced after a short period of resting. The addition of water is interesting – immediate orange barley water with a hint of ginger!

In the core range, you can explore their collection of whiskey aged from 10 to 50 years. All the whiskey has distinctive flavor notes. In this range, the brand offers a special collection of Magnus and Dragon Legend. After a while, the finish is when a little oak from the barrel comes in. It’s quite subtle which is actually a nice change as a lot of scotches have a very prominent oaky flavour. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid, the remainder of the Terms shall continue in full force and effect.Without prejudice to the section Liability below, the Service may be temporarily unavailable during maintenance, updates, etc. We shall make reasonable efforts to inform you of any unavailability due to maintenance or updates. The company is obsessed with oak casks. They carefully select and cut European and American oaks. Their quality of cask contributes 80% of the final flavor to the whiskey. It also gives the natural color to the whiskey. Highland Park’s standard 12 year old was the dram that launched my passion for whisky and I will always have a soft spot for it as a result. Having said that, I sometimes find their excessive reliance on the Viking stuff a bit of a turn-off. A wee story to go along with my dram is always welcome but it sometimes feels like the heavy-handed marketing obscures the quality of the liquid. For that reason it is a brand I have wandered away from over the years but recent tastes of Full Volume and Valfather showed me that I could still enjoy the spirit of this particular distillery. In the taste notes all the range of whiskey is infused with an aromatic smoky flavor. The combination of fruity flavor and winter spices enhances the flavor notes of the whiskey. Each and every Member must be of legal drinking age in its country of residence to be allowed to use the Service. If no such law exists in a Member’s country of residence, the Member has to be over 21 years old to use the Service. We have the right to ask you to provide proof of your age and/or to provide further identification to prevent underage usage and/or for any other legal or legitimate purpose. By using the Service, and by creating an account you represent, warrant and confirm that you are of legal age.