Highland Park 16 Year Old By Björn Frantzén
£168.43
Crafted in partnership with world-renowned chef Björn Frantzén, Between You and I is a limited-edition 16-year-old single malt that brings together Highland Park’s island heritage with Frantzén’s precise and expressive culinary style. Distilled on Orkney, where sea air, rugged weather, and time shape every cask, this whisky reflects both craftsmanship and creativity at a very high level.
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Description
Crafted in partnership with world-renowned chef Björn Frantzén, Between You and I is a limited-edition 16-year-old single malt that brings together Highland Park’s island heritage with Frantzén’s precise and expressive culinary style. Distilled on Orkney, where sea air, rugged weather, and time shape every cask, this whisky reflects both craftsmanship and creativity at a very high level.
Matured mainly in first-fill sherry-seasoned casks, supported by carefully selected bourbon and refill casks, it delivers richness, balance, and layers of character. This is a whisky created for slow appreciation, ideally shared in meaningful moments.
Nose: Honeyed and warm with aromas of heather honey, toasted oak, and dried apricots. As it opens, you get hints of orange zest, roasted nuts, and a gentle thread of Orkney peat. A subtle savoury note, almost like charred herbs, adds complexity and reflects Frantzén’s culinary influence.
Palate: Smooth and layered. It begins with golden raisins, vanilla cream, and caramelised apple, then moves into deeper flavours of dark chocolate, nutmeg, and a little clove. The mid-palate brings a faint coastal character with a touch of sea salt, followed by Highland Park’s signature gentle smoke adding warmth and dimension.
Finish: Long, lightly spiced, and slightly dry. Flavours of toasted almonds, oaked spice, and a soft honeyed smoke linger beautifully, leaving a balanced and satisfying impression.
Sweet heather honey and dried fruits lead on the nose, backed by toasted oak and a gentle thread of peat. The palate is smooth with caramelised apple, vanilla, and soft baking spices, followed by a hint of coastal salt and Highland Park’s mellow smoke. The finish is warm and lightly spiced, with lingering honeyed smoke and toasted almonds.
Brand
Highland Park
Highland Park’s story begins more than 225 years ago on the remote Orkney Islands, a place shaped by North Sea winds, ancient stone, and Viking heritage. It is a landscape that feels closer to myth than modern life, and this rugged environment has shaped every drop of whisky that leaves the distillery.
The distillery’s origins trace back to 1798, when a man named Magnus Eunson lived a double life. By day, he served as a church officer. By night, he was an illicit distiller who hid whisky beneath the church pulpit to keep it safe from excise officers. It is said that he once distracted inspectors by draping a white sheet over his casks, claiming it was a body prepared for a funeral. Whether fact or legend, it captures the spirit of Highland Park perfectly: bold, clever, and deeply rooted in Orkney tradition.
Over time, Highland Park grew from small-scale clandestine stills into a respected distillery known for meticulous traditional craftsmanship. Yet despite its evolution, it has held tightly to old methods that many others abandoned long ago. The barley is still hand-turned on traditional malting floors. Peat is still cut from Hobbister Moor, rich with heather that gives Highland Park its signature sweet and aromatic smoke. And the whisky still matures in cool island warehouses where salt air and slow aging shape its character.
Cask choice has always been at the heart of Highland Park’s identity. The distillery is renowned for its use of sherry-seasoned oak, which brings richness, spice, and depth. Combined with the heather-rich peat and the steady, cool climate of Orkney, it creates a style that is both distinctive and balanced. Notes of honey, gentle smoke, dried fruit, and warm spice have become hallmarks of the brand.
Today, Highland Park is celebrated worldwide, not only for its flavour but for its sense of place. Every bottle carries something of Orkney with it: the wild sea air, the Viking past, the craftsmanship passed through generations, and the stubborn dedication to doing things the old way even when the world changes around it.
It is more than whisky. It is the taste of an island, its history, and the people who have shaped it for over two centuries.
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