Highland Park 15 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 55 by Martine Nouet and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Martine Nouet Nose Fresh saw. Pine resin. Nutty. Hazelnut milk chocolate. A mineral touch. Wet pebble. Palate Mild and round. Vanilla toffee, with a distinct bitter oakiness. Finish Medium, salty feel, nutty. Comment Oak is present all the way. A bit dull. Lacks vividness.

Dave Broom Nose Light peat smoke gives a perfume to a sweet nose: tablet, demerara sugar, dried fruits (mango as well as grape). Water makes it more phenolic. Palate Hot with sweet treacle, black banana, raisin, firm oak and that delicate smoke. Very sweet and honeyed. Finish Gentle, long. Good balance. Comment Balanced, as whiskies of this age should be but just too sweet for this palate.