Highland Park 16 Years Old

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.