Highland Park 56 year old " Isle of Orkney Single Malt Whisky (700ml)

More than half a century in the making, Highland Park 56 Year Old offers an extraordinary connection to the distillery's 1968 spirit, with just 170 bottles released worldwide. Its story took a decisive turn in February 2008, when whisky from four refill butts and six refill hogsheads was married and transferred into first-fill sherry casks. That parcel would yield some of Highland Park's most remarkable releases, including the famous 54 Year Old. For the 56, the distillery drew from a previously unreleased first-fill, sherry-seasoned American oak puncheon, completing sixteen years of secondary maturation after roughly four decades in refill wood. The sheer patience behind this whisky is remarkable, but the precise cask history makes it all the more fascinating: two distinct chapters of maturation spanning generations at the Orkney distillery. Bottled at 47.1% ABV with natural color and without chill filtration, this is an exceptionally rare opportunity to experience Highland Park at such an advanced age. Designers John Galvin and Michael Rudak created the accompanying decanter and Scottish oak case, drawing inspiration from Orkney's Standing Stones of Stenness. Each case takes seventy hours to complete, with hand-carved textures echoing the ancient stones and surrounding water. A remarkable piece of Highland Park history, down to the last detail.