60,1°
Distillery : Highland Park - Islands
Refill Sherry Puncheon
Independent Bottling
By Gordon & McPhail
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2020
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Peated around 20 ppm
In 2018, independent bottler Gordon & McPhail, which has been around since 1895, has completely revamped its portfolio and created 5 new ranges. Among them, Connoisseurs Choice will bring together rare Single Casks in very limited editions, never chill-filtered or coloured. Here we have a Highland Park in cask strength, 588 bottles were made from a single Sherry Puncheon cask.
Let's Taste It :
The nose is slow to open up, but after a while it's a beautiful festival. Thick mountain honey, juicy citrus fruits, fresh peat, vegetal, intense iodine. A lovely milk of vanilla tops it all off. The peat is quite significant, pungent, like holly, nettles and heather. But it ends up with a sea breeze sprinkled with lemon. On the palate, it's very soft and suave, then the spices rise, cumin, cloves, coriander and pepper. Ewe's milk cheese, tasted in the mountains, dried grapes, ripe banana, passion fruit. Very long, powerful finish, still cheesy, but with more earthiness and bread crust. A little more honey, dried fig.
In Short,
A rather original Highland Park, quite peaty, country and cheesy, with a very nice finish. I had a good time tasting it, but I'm not sure I'd recommend it, as I was a bit disappointed by the nose. In any case, it's been out of stock for a long time just about everywhere, so no dilemma there.
Score : 89
To Be Listened While Sipping :
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
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