ABV 43%
Highland Park 18 Year Old / Bot.1990s Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky - £375
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If I smoked I would have a cigar with this one.
Michael Jackson
Highland Park
Brand
18 Years Old
Expression
Single Malt
Type
18
Age (Years)
43%
ABV
Islands (Non Islay)
Region/Country
Standard (Distillery or blended)
Bottling Type
Taster
Nose: Warm, notably flowery. Heather-honey, fresh oak, sap, peat, smoky fragrance. Very aromatic and appetising.
Palate: Remarkably smooth, firm, rounded. Lightly salty. Leafy (vine leaves?), pine nuts. Lots of flavour development: nuts, honey, cinnamon, dryish ginger.
Finish: Spicy, very dry, oaky, smoky, hot.
Comment: If I smoked I would have a cigar with this one.
Score: 9
Taster
Nose: An empty honey jar which once held peaty embers. An enormous nose which seems to improve with each bottle I sample, though the characteristic salted butter is always present. Fabulous.
Palate: Beautifully sweet: even sweeter than the 12 Years Old with peat on the back of the palate. Beautifully chewy, oily and substantial.
Finish: Still peaty and now a little oaky. Cocoa and toffee cream compexity.
Comment: This has to be my favourite Highland Park of them all, and each new bottle I taste (this was my sixth sample) seems to underline the overall class and consistency of this distillery. Brilliant.
Score: 9.5
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