High Coast Peated 2012
Ex-Lochindaal Finish
Cask Type: Barrel
Cask Number: #4333
Bottled: 2024
Age: 12
Region: Swedish
No. of bottles: 227
ABV: 59.8%
Release: Spring Release 2024
Joe Whittaker
“This dram encapsulates the wonder of this picturesque distillery—clean as the glacier water that flows by its front door, with a delightful warm, woody ash peat that evokes the mountain forests of the High Coast region. Finished in an Islay cask, it serves as a reminder of its origins. Absolutely delicious”
Tasting Notes
The nose on this whisky is unmistakably High Coast. Opening with clean, chiselled peat smoke then fresh orchard fruit and icing sugar showing with time. The palate is powerful yet sophisticated and everything we’ve come to expect from this distillery. Peat smoke, crisp green apples, wood ash and some nice minerality shine through. The two years in an ex-Islay cask bring out a little more peat reek on a long finish. This is a wonderful dram from one of Sweden’s best.
Distillery
High Coast, founded in 2010, is one of Sweden’s oldest distilleries and one of the world’s most northerly. The distillery, led by Roger Melander and Lars Karlsson, produces both heavily peated and unpeated whisky.
Rob Whitehead says: “Nordic whiskies are starting to become really well respected amongst those 'in the know', and High Coast can be rightly proud of their place as one of the true trailblazers. Immaculate distillation and slow, considerate maturation are the hallmarks here.”