The whisky celebrates Highland Park’s Nordic ancestry, with Orkney once forming part of the vast Viking kingdom.
The striking packaging was designed by Jim Lyngvild, a Danish designer with Viking lineage – his 36th great grandfather was Ragnvald Eysteinsson, the 1st Earl of Orkney – taking inspiration from the ancient hammer stone of Gotland and a Viking pendant from Upland, Sweden.
Created by Master Whisky Maker, Gordon Motion, Valkyrie has a richer level of honey sweetness on the palate than the Highland Park 12 Year Old, a result of increased levels of Orkney peat. Matured in a combination of first-fill American oak sherry, bourbon and Spanish oak sherry casks as well as a selection of refill casks, Valkyrie is already an award-winning addition to the Highland Park line-up, receiving the Chairman’s Trophy at the 2017 Ultimate Spirits Challenge in New York.I may not be a slain Viking warrior, but I wouldn’t mind a visit from this Valkyrie!

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