59,7°
Distillery Officially Unknown - Islands
Bourbon Cask
Independent Bottling
By Berry Bros. a Rudd
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2020
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Peated around 20 ppm
Berry Bros. & Rudd is the oldest trading company, it's been around since 1698. It owns many casks from Highland Park, which it always releases under the same name: Orkney Islands, because the owners of the
distillery refuse that the casks they sold to be bottled under their
name. If that's what they want, why not, but everyone knows this is Highland
Park, and the distillery markers are easily recognisable. This
expression was aged in a Bourbon cask for 14 years, it was specially
bottled for the members of Whiskybase. it is not known how many bottles were put up for sale.
Let's Taste It :
Citrus pulp. More grapefruit than lemon. Light, stringy mineral peat that gradually becomes earthy, oily and chalky. Goat's milk, liquid honey. Iodine. Some exotic fruits, pineapple, papaya. A touch of vanilla, found on the palate, quite smooth, then with powerful spices, cumin, grey pepper, nutmeg. Rose water. Chalky rock. Explosive but very pleasant finish, long, earthy, mirabelle plums, dwarf bananas, salty freshness. Heather, undergrowth. Lime, icing sugar.
In Short,
It's everything you'd expect from a Highland Park, light peat, lemon and exotic fruits, honey, heather, a touch of iodine and sediments. That said, I found that the exotic fruits and heather were discreet. It's still a fine bottling, but I didn't find the pleasure I'd found in other Highland Parks from this company. A little disappointed right now. It's no big deal, there's still plenty to enjoy in there. The price is passable, that is to say a little high.
Note : 89
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Supergrass - Moving
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