Highland Park 1998 GM Connoisseurs Choice - Cask Strength
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Highland Park |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1998 |
| Bottled Year | 2020 |
| Age | 22년 |
| Cask Type | First Fill Bourbon Barrel |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 56.8% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
light gold with a bronze hue
air Nose
was there a nail in the cask? What's sure is that this is a rather sumptuous nose, richer than the others (it's 22, S.) with some lime tea at first, a whiff of violets, then a little patchouli, breads and cakes, mirabelles and quinces (hurray), celeriac, carrots, fir honey, peppermint, myrtle for sure… Lovely complexity, which you'll only get with age anyway. Same with men (yeah right). With water: wow. Stunning earthiness, white truffles, old cellar, dunnage…
restaurant Palate
these are very hard to beat. Many HPs by G&M have been hard to beat, especially some old 'CASK' versions, well that's how we used to call them. Liquorice, sourdough, wholegrain bread, mentholy honey, walnut wine, marmalade… This is one of those funny fresh ASBs that could impart fino-like notes to the spirit, unless those were in the distillate from the beginning. With water: a wee tad on the woody side at this point (oak oils) but otherwise superb
timer Finish
long, solid, firm, and as they say in London, assertive