Highland Park 1977 HB Finest Collection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Highland Park |
| Bottler | Hart Brothers (HB) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1977 |
| Bottled Year | 1997 |
| Age | 28년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
오랜 세월이 응축된 짙은 호박빛이 잔에 깊이 잠겨 있다. 오크니 섬의 하일랜드 파크가 1977년 빚어 이십팔 년을 채운 귀한 원액을 1997년 병입했다. 향에서는 은은한 히스 꿀과 옅은 피트 연기, 말린 과일이 우아하게 피어오른다. 한 모금에는 꿀과 오렌지 마멀레이드의 단맛 위로 옅은 훈연이 깔린다. 오랜 숙성이 빚어낸 둥근 질감이 46도를 매끄럽게 감싼다. 여운은 히스와 마른 오크, 옅은 연기가 우아하게 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
well, this one could well have been an official bottling. Indeed, it’s got everything we’re expecting from an old HP OB, heather honey, faints whiffs of peat smoke, dried fruits, flower nectar, light tobacco, echoes of the sea (okay, sea air), a few herbal notes, earl grey tea, chamomile… All that is rather elegant and very well polished despite a few coarse woody notes in the end (pepper and ginger tonic)
restaurant Palate
a little strange in the attack, with unexpected medicinal notes (eucalyptus tea, cough syrup) as well as notes of sweet mint and liquorice that make it very, well, unusual. It’s got something of a very old Islayer (believe me or not, it reminds me a bit of the slightly infamous Ardbeg 1965 OB but this HP is better on the palate). Other than that we have quite some orange marmalade and honey as well as notes of sweet curry sauce and many other spices. Do I like it? Pretty much so!
timer Finish
medium to short but superbly clean and sweetly resinous