Highland Park 1966 DT Rare Auld

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Highland Park
Bottler	Duncan Taylor (DT)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1966
Bottled Year	2003
Age	38년
Cask Type	-
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	40.7%
Volume	750 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islands

Flavor Profile

Dried Fruit

Vanilla

Oaky

Fruity

Sweet

Honey

Creamy

Spicy

Nutty

Floral

Smoky

Citrus

Chocolate

Herbal

Peaty

Maritime

Tasting Notes

Colour

gold – amber

air Nose

wow, it’s extremely coffeeish, with also some very bold notes of marzipan and cocoa. An impressive sherry, with quite some smoky and waxy notes, getting then very, very ‘balsamic’. And what a beautiful dryness! The winey tones are superb, with some old high-end rancio and lots of ‘yellow’ (neo-oxidative, like in Jura’s vin jaune – yellow wine) plus tons of chocolate. A perfect sherry, superbly balanced and ‘vital’. Wow!

restaurant Palate

oh yes, it’s confirmed. Powerful and vibrant, bold, creamy but not ‘thick’, almost invading… A more than perfect sherry again as well as some superb notes of candied lemons and kind of an acidity that’s most enjoyable and that keeps the malt really playful. Burnt Smyrna raisins, cake, something tarry and smoky… It’s very ‘male’, whatever that means. Lots of dried and crystallised citrus fruits, a little almond milk and walnuts… It gets then quite bitter (nothing excessive) and a little drying, but the finish is superb, with notes of cough syrup (eucalyptus, menthol, candy sugar). Beautifully compact and highly satisfying! 91 points . Highland Park 38 yo 1966/2005 (40.7%, Duncan Taylor, 138 bottles)

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