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Highland Park 16 Years Old

Brand Highland Park
Expression 16 Years Old
Type Scotch Whisky / Single Malt
Age 16 Year Old
Abv 40.00%
Produced at Highland Park Distillery
Region Island (non Islay)
Launched 1798
Availability Duty free and travel retail
Guide Price £26-£40 (US$41-US$65)
Website http://www.highlandpark.co.uk

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 54 by Arthur Motley and Owen Barstow.

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Tasting Notes

Arthur Motley

Nose
Burnt orange and vanilla.
Palate
Rounded, with soft fruits, burnt toast and sherry cask maturation in evidence.
Finish
Dry leaves and woodsmoke.
Comment
Pleasant but undramatic. I was a little disappointed to find out it was Highland Park… surely we can do better than this?

Owen Barstow

Nose
Malty, nutty, biscuity, mixed dried fruit (apricots?) Some creamy toffee and the faintest whiff of smoke.
Palate
More dried fruit – tea loaf? Sweet and bitter. Vaguely winey, too.
Finish
On the short side and somewhat tannic. Oxidisation? Faint smoke?
Comment
I find Port and even Madeira characteristics here. Complex enough, but probably not to everyone’s liking.

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