Highland Park 1980 McC Single Cask

CategorySINGLE MALT
DistilleryHighland Park
BottlerMackillop's Choice (McC)
Bottling Series-
Vintage1980
Bottled Year2002
Age28년
Cask TypeOak
Cask Number-
Bottles Released-
ABV43.0%
Volume750 ml
Label-
CountryScotland
RegionIslands
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Flavor Profile

Honey
Oaky
Vanilla
Spicy
Dried Fruit
Sweet
Fruity
Creamy
Floral
Citrus
Smoky
Herbal
Nutty
Peaty
Chocolate
Maritime

Tasting Notes

Colour

gold

air Nose

another world. If all you knew was this was Highland Park you'd say a 1960s distillate I'm sure. The peat is just so wonderfully pronounced, distinctive and palpable here. Herbal, rooty, oily, fatty, earthy and thick. Metal polish, soot, vegetable stocks, shoe polish, old mead, coconut and natural tar. Just beautiful and stunningly expressive old Highland Park. A big surprise to be honest

restaurant Palate

the good news is it holds up perfectly. The peat is quite astonishing in this one, was this one fully floor malted? From an old cask that held 50s HP before it? Stunningly herbal, mineral, oily and gelatinous peat. Let's not forget some coastal notes of wet rocks, chalk and dried seaweed too. But really this one is about the organic beauty and complexity of the peat flavours

timer Finish

long, deeply complex, herbal, full of menthol and fruit teas, waxes, smoked oils, camphor, hessian and peat embers

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