Celtic Heartlands Highland Park 1967

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 37 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Flapjack, warm from the oven. Cooked morello cherries. Palate Sweetly smoky. Flavours well integrated and contained. Slow, disciplined, development. Finish Firm, powerful, straight-ahead. Rounded with a suggestion of mint toffee. Comment The more heavily-sherried expressions of Highland Park seem more open in displaying their charms.

Dave Broom Nose Full and rich. Dry grass, light peat, lanolin. Touch of perfume, (heather bells) fudge, kumquat. Fine-framed oak. Palate Excellent weight. More fruity than nose suggests with good balance between firm oak and sweet, butter tablet mid-palate. Complex. Finish Fragrant smoke. Comment A beauty-but what else would you expect from HP?