{"id":6862,"date":"2017-01-13T11:12:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T10:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/?p=6862"},"modified":"2017-01-13T16:53:36","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T15:53:36","slug":"reviewing-highland-park-fire-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/reviewing-highland-park-fire-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Reviewing Highland Park Fire Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Highland Park<\/a> Fire Edition completes a two-part series of special edition bottlings that celebrate myths and legends of the Viking age and follows the launch of Highland Park<\/a> Ice Edition in March last year. I had the chance to receive a sample a few weeks ago, so let’s have a closer look at this highly-awaited expression!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It is the first single malt whisky from Edrington-owned Highland Park<\/a> completely matured in refill Port wine seasoned casks.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaturing our distinctive whisky in 100% refill Port wine seasoned casks is a first for Highland Park and the result is a vibrant 15-year-old single malt with an abv of 45.2%,\u201d<\/em> said Jason R. Craig, brand director for Highland Park.<\/p>\n

\u201cFire Edition has a slight reddish hue, (which is its natural colour), intense aromas of ruby red fruits, light smoke and a long, lingering finish. However, it is still, unmistakeably, Highland Park.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The whisky is bottled in crimson red glass, representing the \u201cmolten world\u201d of the Fire Giants from Viking mythology, and also features a black wooden cradle and stopper.<\/p>\n

Legend has it that the evil Surtr led his fellow Fire Giants into an apocalyptic battle with the gods, burning everything in sight. The world perished in the blaze, but a new earth was recreated from the ashes.<\/p>\n

A total of 28,000 bottles of Highland Park Fire Edition<\/a> were released at the end of November.<\/p>\n

The whisky is\u00a0available in more than 15 markets globally at an RRP of \u00a3190<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nose:<\/strong> frank, sweet and vanillic with dark chocolate truffles, cereals, prunes & red fruits, raw coffee grounds, cassia bark but also some more delicate floral notes. I pick up a slightly briny hint and a soft underlying smokiness but nothing realling saying “FIIIIRE” straight away.<\/p>\n

Palate:<\/strong> “Come on baby light my fire…”<\/em> – the palate is richer and more complex, finally keeping its promises with charred oak & hot spices, now we can say the fire has been lit! After a few seconds swirling the liquid in my mouth, citrusy notes also make an appearance, followed by notes of cherry, forest berries, ginger, cloves, bay leaf and pink pepper.<\/p>\n

Finish<\/strong>: devilishly long with more spices & an acidulous yummy<\/em> fruitiness<\/p>\n

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Highland Park Fire Edition completes a two-part series of special edition bottlings that celebrate myths and legends of the Viking age and follows the launch of Highland Park Ice Edition in March last year. I had the chance to receive a sample a few weeks ago, so let’s have a closer look at this highly-awaited expression! It is the first single malt whisky from Edrington-owned …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6868,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[230],"tags":[1038,1037,1036,1035,44,1039],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6862"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6862"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6872,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6862\/revisions\/6872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}