Highland Park 1979 CA Authentic Collection

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Highland Park
Bottler	Cadenhead's (CA)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1979
Bottled Year	2004
Age	17년
Cask Type	Bourbon Hogshead
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	55.1%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islands

Flavor Profile

Vanilla

Sweet

Oaky

Creamy

Fruity

Honey

Dried Fruit

Citrus

Smoky

Spicy

Floral

Chocolate

Nutty

Herbal

Maritime

Peaty

Tasting Notes

Colour

ruby mahogany

air Nose

as they say in Alsace: YOWZERS! Serious, old school, deeply aromatic and scented sherry. Unctuous, dripping with rancio, natural tar, walnut liqueur, Irish coffee and even many crystallised exotic fruits. And of course the usual abundance of sultanas, figs, prunes and raisins as well. What's just wonderful is this simultaneous rustic side that makes you think of some wild and brilliant old Armagnacs. We could very well already be hopelessly lost in maltoporn territory! With water: not a huge change with water, except that it perhaps becomes slightly more aromatic, a few extra spices here, a few extra fruits there. But this is still a wall of rancio and deeply concentrated sticky darkness

restaurant Palate

perfectly thick, stodgy, dark sherry that behaves like a combination of natural tar extract and molasses in your mouth. Stunning rancio, herbal and walnut liqueurs, Maggi, umami paste, black olives and aged cherry sour ale. Just outstanding! With water: developed more medicines, more elegantly tannic black teas, more earth, dates, damson preserve, tar, treacle and more bitter herbal liqueurs

timer Finish

long, perfectly bitter, almost sticky in texture, endlessly on rancio, tar, roasted nuts, molasses, concentrated dark fruits and more of these wonderful ancient armagnac vibes

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