Highland Park 2010 Single Cask Series Edition France 11 yo

 

 

 

64,4°

Distillery : Highland Park - Islands 

Refill Hogshead

Original Bottling 

Limited Edition 

Single Cask 

Bottled in 2022

Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength

Slightly Peated

 

 

 

The Single Cask Series have invaded the market with hundreds of bottlings for almost ten years now. But this is the first time we have one specially reserved for the French market. Having spent 11 years in Refill Hogshead, which certainly contained Bourbon before, all the richness of the distillate will be preserved. There is little information about it, but I assume it is not cold filtered, it would not make sense otherwise. However we know there are only 322 bottles of this nectar.

 

 

 

Let's Tatste It : 

Great finesse from the first nose, very light and vaporous peat, wadded vanilla, stringy iodine, bush, heather, oak bark. Candied banana, meringue, squeezed lemon. Pinch of icing sugar and chocolate shavings. On the palate, it's smooth, like a lemon muffin, good length, discreet spices. Orchard fruits, juicy apples, Belle Hélène pears. Long, beautiful, sweet finish, chocolate and liquorice, a touch of charcoal and earth, but it remains greedy until the end. Chestnut cream.

 

In Short, 

A very beautiful Highland Park, very subtle, with all the markers that make us love this distillery. Perfectly calibrated, between iodine and pastry cream, a light peat and smells of undergrowth. For any distillery lover, it's perfect, especially since the price seems reasonable to me, given the current market. It's coming out these days, not sure it's available for very long.

Score : 90

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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