Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.
Tasting
How it drinks
Sight
Deep golden amber with warm copper highlights
Nose
Bold and smoky — more peat-forward than the standard 12yo. Charred oak, heather honey, and dark fruit. Campfire smoke, vanilla, and gentle maritime notes. Spicy with cinnamon and black pepper. The heavily charred casks add a roasted, toasty character
Palate
Medium-full body. Bold peat smoke and charred oak dominate the entry, evolving into heather honey, dark fruit, and toffee. More assertively smoky than other Highland Park expressions. Black pepper, cinnamon, and warming ginger spice. Dark chocolate and roasted malt. The charred cask influence gives a distinctive toasty-smoky character layered over HP's heather-honey core
Finish
Medium-long finish. Bold peat smoke and charred oak persist with heather honey, dark fruit, and warming spice. More rugged and assertive than Viking Honour — true to the dragon mythology
Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.
Maturation
The wood it came through
Heavily charred American oak casks and sherry seasoned European oak casks
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