Highland Park 1989 GM Connoisseurs Choice - Cask Strength
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Highland Park |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1989 |
| Bottled Year | 2019 |
| Age | 29년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Sherry Butt |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 57.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
nice, just a tad leathery, with cigar boxes and touches of cured ham. And the obligatory heather honey, naturally. With water: the minerality’s coming out. Chalk and clay, plus bigger, obvious notes of bergamots. Please try the Bergamotes de Nancy whenever you’ve got a chance! (I won’t say it again!)
restaurant Palate
textbook marmalade-y HP, with many spices and even more dried fruits such as figs and dates. But once again, the distillate’s much less characterful that its modern counterparts, exactly what happened at, say, Bowmore as well. In my humble opinion. With water: loses a bit of knack, perhaps, which happens much more often with sherry casks than with bourbon or refill hogsheads when you add water. In my humble experience, as always
timer Finish
long, both more lemony and salty and more spicy. Ginger, curry, Thai basil… Lime in the aftertaste, all impeccable