Highland Park 1988 SMWS 4.106 Jam roly-poly

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Highland Park
Bottler	The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1988
Bottled Year	2005
Age	16년
Cask Type	-
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	60.5%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islands

Flavor Profile

Sweet

Vanilla

Oaky

Honey

Fruity

Creamy

Dried Fruit

Floral

Nutty

Citrus

Smoky

Chocolate

Spicy

Herbal

Maritime

Peaty

Tasting Notes

Colour

straw

air Nose

powerful again but a little less expressive and probably flintier. Rather more austere and grassy, getting then frankly chalky and buttery. It needs time to open up but gets closer in style to the 24 yo after a good ten minutes, without getting quite as aromatic, even if we do have marzipan and hints of lavender. Let’s add a few drops of water… That doesn’t seem to change a lot, the wood getting even bolder but we get also notes of cider apples, apple peels, infused green tea, getting very vegetal but it’s still quite nice in its style

restaurant Palate

very close to the Dewar Rattray. Lots of wood, vanilla, pineapple or orange sweets, then bunches of spices, probably from the wood: black pepper, nutmeg, cinnamon, even a little cardamom powder. But again, it seems to need water to express himself, let’s try that… Yes, it gets sweeter but with still a lot of oomph at nearly 40%, with lots of liquorice now, vanilla fudge, vanilla crème… The finish is long, powerful, quite raw but coherent and, you got it, oaky and extremely peppery. We’re more or less in same territories. 84 points. Highland Park 16 yo 1988/2005 (60.5%, SMWS, 4.106, 605 bottles)

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