Highland Park 2004 GM Connoisseurs Choice - Cask Strength
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Highland Park |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2004 |
| Bottled Year | 2020 |
| Age | 15년 |
| Cask Type | First Fill Sherry Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 57.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
a feeling of plenitude and freedom (excuse me?) This is, as expected, totally amazing. And it’s not even too strong when undiluted, as if it had been ‘reduced by time’. Mind you, almost 60 years in glass. In truth, we’re almost nosing Yquem 1967, with a fungal layer, and the most amazing kind of chocolate. There’s a little engine oil as well, but that would be ex-Jaguar D-type. A whisky for Le Mans Classic. With water: all things mentholy, as expected. I often quote chartreuse, but this does nose like old chartreuse. Wait, let me be smart… old white chartreuse? (apologies, never tasted that utter rarity that goes for insane amounts of money – just like Johnnie Walker White Label, I suppose)
restaurant Palate
a whisky to marry. Amazingly powerful (the 60% vol. do feel now), candied, chocolaty, and above everything, amazingly tropical. Like old Bowmore or Laphroaig can get tropical. We’re talking mangos and passion fruits. Good, while we’re adding a few drops of water, would you mind calling the anti-maltoporn brigade? With water: irrepressible. Had to use that word one day. Leather, tobacco, smoke, nuts, honeys, mangos… And a touch of cardboard, to be honest. Gets a little drying, perhaps, but I’m feeling like Donald Trump judging a painting by Botticelli now
timer Finish
long, and akin to some very old rhum agricole. Seriously. Mango jam, some smoked ham, perhaps even a wee slice of dried banana… What’s even more impressive is that there’s a rather massive smokiness in the aftertaste. A bit of oak and grapefruits too
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