Whiskey: Highland Park 15 Year Old Scotch
The 2016 re-release of the much-missed Highland Park 15 Year Old. Aged in sherry casks, this is rich and initially sweet before a dry smokiness comes to the fore.
Size: 750mL
Proof: 86 (43% ABV)
Proof: 15 Year
Origin: Scotland
Distillery: Highland Park Distillery
Highland Park 15 Year Old is an exceptional single malt, with a luxuriously light floral taste and a gentle smoky finish. It has a remarkably complex nose with notes of camphor, peat, citrus fruits and flowers. The drying sensation on the finish leaves a rich smoky feeling and the immediate desire to refill your glass.
Highland Park 15 Year Old Scotch Whisky Tasting Notes
Nose: Floral aromas, notes of toffee, peppery spice, and lightly smoky peat.
Palate: A round entry leads to a dryish full-bodied palate, with heather, iodine, toffee, and spice flavors.
Finish: Long, with fading notes of peat and toffee.
Distillery Information
Highland Park, one of only two distilleries in the Orkney Isles, is the world’s most northerly whisky distillery. It was founded in 1798 by Magnus Euson. Until it was licensed in 1825 its production was illicit and Euson was assisted in evading the excisemen by a kinsman who was a Kirk elder and hid the contraband under the pulpit. By the 1880s Highland Park had an established reputation and at one time both the King of Denmark and the Emperor of Russia declared it to be the finest whisky they had ever tasted.
