Highland Park 1988 CA Authentic Collection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Highland Park |
| Bottler | Cadenhead's (CA) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1988 |
| Bottled Year | 1998 |
| Age | 17년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Cask |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 56.8% |
| Volume | 700 ml 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
quite fragrant and powerful at first nosing, with some personality. It’s also rather spirity, with a little apple juice and then lots of mint. Yes, it’s unusually minty. Lots of wood as well, tannins, oak saw dust, this woodiness being quite enjoyable. Quite some vanilla, bitter almonds, marzipan, cellulosic glue, even a little coconut. Develops on lots of liquorice and aromatic herbs (quite some thyme, even tarragon), gaining cleanliness after a few minutes, getting very buttery and flowery (quite some heather and lots of roses after fifteen minutes or so). A very nice Highland Park, quite different from most OB’s. I quite like it, even it lacks maybe a little roundness
restaurant Palate
the attack is rounded and powerful, creamy and rather spicy. Lots of oak and lots of tannins (almost aggressive)… It seems that we’ll need water now, even if we do have notes of lemon sweets, fructose and tangerines. With water (while the wood gets even stronger on the nose) the wood is still very prominent - we’re far from a ‘plank infusion’. A nice bitterness but the palate is quite simpler than what the nose had suggested, in fact. The finish is long, very oaky again, with quite some vanilla and orange marmalade. I like it because I like ‘good oak’, and the palate was most enjoyable. 85 points . Highland Park 17 yo 1988/2005 (56.7%, Cadenhead’s, bourbon hogshead)
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