Highland Park 2003 Single Cask Series
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Highland Park |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2003 |
| Bottled Year | 2017 |
| Age | 12년 |
| Cask Type | 1st Fill American Sherry Oak Cask |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 58.3% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 가볍게 흔들면 퍼스트필 아메리칸 셰리 오크에서 나온 맑은 화이트 와인빛이 잔 벽을 타고 기름지게 흐른다. 코끝에 가져가면 하이랜드 파크 특유의 부싯돌 같은 미네랄과 젖은 분필, 풋호두 향이 오른다. 한 모금을 머금으면 58.3도의 힘이 후추와 풀, 민트를 모히토처럼 상큼하게 밀어 올린다. 혀로 굴리면 생강과 레몬, 솔 향의 결이 살아난다. 천천히 삼키면 오크 타닌과 넛맥, 옅은 훈연이 12년의 균형을 실어 길게 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
white wine
air Nose
it seems that it’s one of these rather flinty and mineral Highland Parks that are very ‘natural’ and that display the naked spirit’s typical oily waxiness and grassiness. Wet chalk, green tea and fresh walnuts plus just hints of pine needles. Gets fruitier in a second phase, with notes of freshly cut apples, lemon zests and then just wee whiffs of wood smoke and a little honey. Also funny hints of young fruity Comté cheese (which isn’t quite ‘cheesy’, by the way)
restaurant Palate
excellent body, rich, full and nervous. Peppery, half-grassy, half-fruity, a little minty, not unlike a strong mojito in a certain way. Some ginger and a little lemon plus the same notes of pine resin that give it a slightly medicinal feeling. Very good complexity and balance!
timer Finish
long, with more oak this time. Tannins, tea, nutmeg and quite some pepper in the aftertaste. Enjoyable smokiness