Highland Park 1968 DT Rare Auld
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Highland Park |
| Bottler | Duncan Taylor (DT) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1968 |
| Bottled Year | 2007 |
| Age | 38년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 40.1% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 하이랜드 파크 특유의 헤더 꿀과 옅은 피트 연기, 마른 과일의 향이 가장 먼저 두드러진다. 1968년 증류해 38년을 보낸 이 던컨 테일러 보틀링은 오크니 몰트의 깊은 세월이 또렷이 배어 있다. 팰럿에서는 오렌지와 토피, 가벼운 훈연이 부드럽게 발전하며 40.1도가 섬세하게 받쳐준다. 입안의 질감이 비단처럼 매끄럽고 단맛이 곱게 이어진다. 피니시는 길고 우아하며 꿀과 옅은 연기가 오래 남는다. 극노숙성에도 균형을 지킨 아일랜즈 몰트의 품격이 분명한 보틀링이다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
amber – orange
air Nose
a perfect balance right from the start, with lots of dried fruits, orange juice and all sorts of fresh fruits as well. Alas, it gets also a little too caramelly and woody, lacking complexity
restaurant Palate
bold, very peppery and quite tannic, getting even cardboardy. Some nice fruity notes, though: dried oranges, quince, and also some bitter chocolate. Very nice and drinkable, in fact, lacking just a little extra-complexity. 84 points . PETE McPEAT AND JACK WASHBACK MUSIC – Recommended listening - Stereolab again. I know this doesn't sound too serious but frankly, I like the English-French band's sense of second degree and 'humour'. Try for instance the bouncy and very, very easy (but nicely made) Mass riff.mp3 (from their 2003 EP Instant O the Universe) and you'll see what I mean. And please buy their music. October 23, 2005 MUSIC – It's Sunday, we go classical: American soprano Beverly Sills does Una voce poco fa.mp3 (from Rossini's The Barber of Seville, London Symphony Orchestra, James Levine, EMI, 1975). Please buy Beverly Sills' recordings! Btw, she's also famous for her quotes, such as ' You don't always get what you ask for, but you never get what you don't ask for... unless it's contagious!' or 'A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment'. Well, we won't argue... TASTING - ANOTHER TWO OLD HIGHLAND PARKS Highland Park 1968/2003 (40.1%, Duncan Taylor for Becking, cask #9535, 106 bottles)