Highland Park 1979 MM Mission Gold
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Highland Park |
| Bottler | Murray McDavid (MM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1979 |
| Bottled Year | 2006 |
| Age | 27년 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon / Syrah Casks Finish |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.2% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
deep amber
air Nose
this is another wonderful variant, displaying just a little less peat but much more coffee and chocolate. More sherry, obviously. It’s also more vegetal (cabbage – the good side of cabbage, liquorice roots, gentian roots, humus), getting then frankly animal somewhat like the 22yo (game, dried beef, cured ham.) Also pretty much the same wonderfully yeasty notes as in the ‘dumpy’ NAS. It’s completely impossible to decide between the three last ones on the nose, all are stunning. Exceptional dryness
restaurant Palate
probably the peatiest of them all, and also the most sherried. Extremely wild as well, thanks to the 100°proof, restless, immensely spicy, even a tad spirity. It’s like if they had bottled it right yesterday, except that they don’t make it like this anymore, do they? The peat and the pepper grow bolder and bolder, with also notes of mead, Port, tobacco, blackcurrants, herbal tea (thyme), rubber, liquorice… Well, it’s almost too harsh, which is incredible. Maybe one should keep these bottles unopened for a further 50 years?
timer Finish
endless and restless, still quite rough, even a tad mustardy
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