Highland Park 1990 Single Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Highland Park |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1990 |
| Bottled Year | 2005 |
| Age | 16년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 58.7% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale straw
air Nose
much more subdued than its older brother at fist nosing, jumping then almost directly to the grassy and farmy notes. Again, some whiffs of peat and rubber, and then some very flowery notes, like lilac and buttercup. It gets somewhat cleaner than the ‘100 proof’. Some vanilla fudge and butter caramel do emerge after a while, though… In a whole, it’s a little more restrained, a little less farmy, and also a little fresher, but it’s still rather similar. Again, nice!
restaurant Palate
again, a strong and punchy attack, and again a somewhat ‘simpler’ feeling, with more caramel, cold tea, malt – and more fruits too. Cooked apple, caramelised pear, cassata. A very nice retro-olfaction on fresh fruits and violet sweets. Again, perhaps it’s somewhat fresher than the ‘old’ one, but also a little less complex and a little more ‘smack in your face’. Okay, I’ll go for one point less, but I wouldn’t say it’s ‘less good’, just a little livelier, but also simpler. 84 points – almost tie. MUSIC - Recommended listening: Franco-Algerian singer Rachid Taha sings Valencia (1995 - mp3). This has been produced by Steve Hillage! Please buy Rachid Taha's music if you like it. December 18, 2004 WHISKY ADS - left: Old Forester, 1957 - ' Design for giving - You give much more when you give the year's most advanced decanter... ' Right: Old Crow Traveler, 1967 - ' The tuckaway fifth that packs as flat as your shirt'. When looking at these two old ads - and considering the replica age we're living in, one can wonder if today's designers aren't sort of exhausted. On the other hand, we consumers keep asking for 'tradition', whatever that means, and perhaps these two funny bottles haven't pulled huge success when they were launched anyway... But hey, weren't they cool? (design of the Old Forester bottle: Raymond Loewy). By the way, I'll publish some interesting old Xmas whisky ads in the coming days. Stay tuned! TASTING - FOUR INDIE HIGHLAND PARKS Highland Park 1990/2000 (59.1%, James McArthur, cask #5152)
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