Highland Park 1971 Orcadian Vintage Series
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Highland Park |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1971 |
| Bottled Year | 2011 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | 17 Casks |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.9% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale amber
air Nose
wha-wha-wha! Ever tried the ‘John Goodwin’ or even the recent 50yo? Anyway, this is extremely complex and every time you give it a short sniff, there’s something else that starts to tease your nostrils. One time it’s ham and bacon, the other time it’s a fruit salad, then it’s rather an old style mint liqueur, then it’s old polished wood, then Virginia tobacco, then figs, then old pu-erh tea, then hay and humus, then smoke and tar… It’s quite incredible, kind of pointillist so to speak, but not ‘fragmented’ at all. There is a big picture! Fantastic nose
restaurant Palate
it’s almost brutal! Amazing… So what do we have? Cardamom and cloves, Seville oranges and kumquats, baklavas and Turkish delights, smoked tea and tar liqueur, honeydew and propolis, cinnamon and nutmeg, liquorice wood and green tea… In short, almost everything. And what’s quite striking is that the oak is never invading and always an asset. Mind you, this is 40yo (or is it only 39yo?)
timer Finish
very long, creamy, the oak being a tad louder but that was to be expected
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