Ultimate Beverage Challenge 93 points - Smoked paprika, tar and baked peach leap from the glass. The spirit shines through in the mouth, revealing fresh berry flavors then the smoke comes back and finally the nicely astringent finish cleans the palate for the next sip. - 2018 Ultimate Spirits Challenge (Great Value).April/2018 A whisky crafted in the old way by a new generation of Vikings, MAGNUS bears the soul of our Viking ancestors and the name of just one - our founder, Magnus Eunson. Magnus Eunson was a direct descendant of the Vikings who settled on Orkney hundreds of years ago. He set up his illicit still in a bothy (a small stone hut) at High Park, Kirkwall that’s still the site of our distillery today. And, while we say Highland Park was founded in 1798, in truth that’s just the year that the authorities caught up with Magnus - he was certainly making whisky before that! We stay true to our founder’s bold and uncompromising approach to whisky making - very little has changed here in the last 220 years. In MAGNUS, we celebrate this unbroken tradition with a single malt whisky, matured in Sherry seasoned American oak casks, that delivers notes of sweet vanilla, overlaid with our distinctive aromatic smokiness. NATURAL CASK-DRIVEN COLOUR (NO ADDITIVES) Light golden, clear and bright (average colour tint 11.0) FLAVOURS Lemon | Vanilla sponge cake | Caramelised pineapple | Aromatic peat smoke | Sweet violets ABV 40%
