Highland Park 1972 26 Year Old Signatory Bottled 1990s

Highland Park Double Barrel Vatted

An interesting light (blend) that is rather a sound idea. Unfortunately, the very northern H/P. does not and shouldn't be expected to 'show' well at 10 years; the combination is skewed toward the Bomore which was not the idea at all. A H/P at 12 or 14 years would have I suspect given a more harmonious whole - nevertheless, it is not without charm,...

Score 55/100

Highland Park 19 Year Old - Alchemist bottling

As I open this bottle, I am indeed excited. Brilliant light amber/straw coloured yellow. Much lighter colour than my 15 or 18, but with a similar hue to the Leif Ericsson. Initially... a seemingly typical HP nose. sweet toffee and smoke, honey plus some floral notes with a wee bit more strength than most HP's. Taste: In order... sweeeeet toffee, a...

Score 92/100

Highland Park Orkney 15 Year Old 2002 for MMM

For the fourth and final bottling in our Antarctica Series – with again a fantastic label thanks to the sharp lens of photographer Ilse Everaert – we travelled to an Orkney distillery. This sherry cask had been sleeping for 15 years and offers a beautiful malt that bursts with fruit, but remains very close to the distillery character at the same...

Score 88/100

Highland Park 18 Year Old 5cl

NOTE: this was tasted from an old 18yo dumpy botle! Let me taste some Highland Park whisky with a small H2H with two 18 Year Old. First this one from a dumpy bottle from an era long gone, next to a modern 18 Year Old from 2007. The nose is very expressive and aromatic, much more so than the recent bottling. I think the amount of sherry casks in...

Score 89/100