Highland Park 1979 SMWS 4.10
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Highland Park |
| Bottler | The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1979 |
| Bottled Year | 1991 |
| Age | 12년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 55.2% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
오크니 섬의 청량한 바닷바람과 헤더 피트가 하이랜드 파크의 캐릭터를 처음부터 끝까지 관통한다. 12년을 보낸 1979 빈티지는 잔에 밝은 황금빛을 담는다. 향은 히스 꿀과 옅은 훈연, 짭조름한 바다 내음이 산뜻하게 솟아오른다. 입에서는 55.2도의 도수가 꿀과 헤더 피트의 단맛, 미네랄을 또렷하게 입안에 채운다. 여운은 옅은 연기와 소금기, 향신료가 길게 남아 북쪽 섬의 풍토를 그대로 전한다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
ruby mahogany
air Nose
as they say in Alsace: YOWZERS! Serious, old school, deeply aromatic and scented sherry. Unctuous, dripping with rancio, natural tar, walnut liqueur, Irish coffee and even many crystallised exotic fruits. And of course the usual abundance of sultanas, figs, prunes and raisins as well. What's just wonderful is this simultaneous rustic side that makes you think of some wild and brilliant old Armagnacs. We could very well already be hopelessly lost in maltoporn territory! With water: not a huge change with water, except that it perhaps becomes slightly more aromatic, a few extra spices here, a few extra fruits there. But this is still a wall of rancio and deeply concentrated sticky darkness
restaurant Palate
perfectly thick, stodgy, dark sherry that behaves like a combination of natural tar extract and molasses in your mouth. Stunning rancio, herbal and walnut liqueurs, Maggi, umami paste, black olives and aged cherry sour ale. Just outstanding! With water: developed more medicines, more elegantly tannic black teas, more earth, dates, damson preserve, tar, treacle and more bitter herbal liqueurs
timer Finish
long, perfectly bitter, almost sticky in texture, endlessly on rancio, tar, roasted nuts, molasses, concentrated dark fruits and more of these wonderful ancient armagnac vibes