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Here you will find excellent whisky from the Scottish Highlands. The Highlands are Scotland's largest and most diverse whisky region in geographical terms. The Highland region stretches from the Lowland-Highland border between Greenock and Dundee to the northernmost tip at Dunnet Head. Highland whisky is said to have great aromatic depth and powerful flavours. Typical representatives are Glendronach, Edradour and Clynelish. However, distilleries such as Tomatin, Glenmorangie, Dalwhinnie and Aberfeldy prove that Highland whisky can be just as smooth and mild. Explore the Highlands by direction with the following single malts: In the South Highlands, you'll find the creamy smooth Glengoyne and Deanston malts. Oban is a typical representative of the West Highlands with a delicate maritime flavour and light smoke. In the Central Highlands, the small and excellent Edradour Distillery awaits your palate with great sherry cask maturation. In the East Highlands, Glencadam shows the magic of this underrated region with dry citrus notes. An insider tip in the North East Highlands is Glenglassaugh. Further up north, you will find Old Pulteney and Wolfburn, two great maritime single malts.

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Highland Whisky: Lots of romance and big variety.

The Highlands ... in the word alone there is more adventure, romance and Scottish tradition than in almost any other term. You can see the mist-shrouded hills, breathe in the vastness, and hear the clash of broadswords wielded by kilt-clad clan members.
In purely geographical terms, the Scottish Highlands are generally defined as the areas north of the old county line between Dundee in the east and Greenock in the west, including the islands. So basically everything that lies above the Lowlands.

As a whisky region, the Highlands are much more limited. For some of what is geographically in the Highlands is considered a small whisky region in its own right: Campbeltown (on the Kintyre Peninsula on the west coast), Speyside (to the north-east, around the River Spey and its tributaries), the Isle of Islay (as its own region) and the other Scottish islands on the west and north coasts.

So “Highlands” in the whisky sense means what is left after subtracting the smaller regions mentioned above. And that is anything but uniform. In terms of landscape, for example, this ranges from the soft green around the sheltered, idyllic Pitlochry to the rough north coast at Wick, covered in spray. No wonder you can taste these differences.

How does Highland whisky taste?

Even if you sometimes read or hear different things: there is basically no uniform "Highland style". The associated regions are too different for that. And the Single Malt Scotch Whisky too individual.
A creamy, non-smoky Glengoyne in the south has little in common with the much spicier, maritime whiskys from the north such as Clynelish, Old Pulteney or Wolfburn.
Overall, one might say that the single malts from the Highlands are quite full-bodied and full of flavors that make you smell and taste the nature around you.

Tasting Tips: Highland Classics...

The big names of the Highlands that you should try include the soft, heathery Dalwhinnie, the lush Glendronach with its warm sherry sweetness and of course the - for the far north - unusually flowery, gentle Glenmorangie.

Our Highland whisky insider tips:

It's hard to say why some Highland malt whisky gems tend to bloom in secret. Try the excellent citrus-heavy Glencadam, for example, or the floral, honey-smooth Deanston. And for those who like it a little stronger, the Clynelish is a must-dram with its beeswax and heather notes.