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1257 Kensington Road NW
1 (403) 283-8000 / atyourservice@kensingtonwinemarket.com
$434.99
The first in a series of 2 whiskies, Ice and Fire from the Highland Park Distillery in the Orkneys. Bottled at 53.9% after 17 years!
Producer Description
"This stunning expression evokes the elemental power of ice and celebrates the Viking heritage of our home on Orkney, a place instilled with the magic of Norse mythology. According to legend, the ice realm, Niflheim, is the homeplace of darkness, cold, ice and frost. The first Ice Giant, Ymir, was born at the beginning of time when the edge of the realm melted from the heat of the neighbouring fire realm, Muspelheim, and he is the first creature mentioned in Norse creation mythology. As Ymir slept, he gave birth to the Jotun family, a race of powerful Ice Giants standing at over 20 feet high and known as the Gods of Creation. When they shook, fought or sneezed, it caused earthquakes!"
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Andrew's Tasting Note
Nose: creamy with buttery peat oils and hot spice; becomes very honeyed, is it the name or is there a touch of cool mint?; honey dew melon and lemon.
Palate: oily and chewy; firmer peat tones and smoke than expected; still creamy with lemon, honeydew melon and whipped cream; floral, salty and increasingly decadent (heather honey), the cool mint makes a return.
Finish: medium-short; creamy, honeyed and coating with firm but balanced peat smoke.
Comment: reminds me a little of Freya, but a bit bigger and less floral.
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: Resplendent aromas of cool, fresh pineapple and ripe mango sorbet come to life in this celebration of glacial character. Silvery shards of smoke give way to the frosty kick of root ginger.
Palate: Like the Ice Giants themselves, the palate is powerful yet mellifluous. In true Highland Park style, the combination of an argent, misty peat smoke is intertwined with pearly iridescent vanilla seeds and overtones of molten orris root.
Finish: Beautifully balanced, the creamy, rich, oily finish snowballs into long lingering woodiness and dry, feverish spices, providing a scintillating and harmonious whisky to savour.