Highland Park 21 (47.5% Version) Tasting Notes and Ratings.

Highland Park 21 (47.5% Version)

Added on Monday, Oct 12, 2009 at 08:44 PM

Bottler:

Age:	21 yrs	Type:	Scotch
Vintage:	N/A	Subtype:	Single Malt
ABV:	47.50 %	Region:	Island
Price:	$99	Availability:	Specialty Stores

Available in Travel Retail (a.k.a. Duty Free). In 2009, a 40% version began to replace this one.

Member Ratings and Notes

Adam

Nose is equal parts bright fruits and clean smoke. Pinot Grigio. Palate delivers orangey/citrus stuff, good caramel, and that clean, HP trademark smoke. Medium sweet initially, honey-sweet. Gets a little peppery in the finish. Salty tinges linger in my mouth too. I think I prefer it to HP 18, which it shares a lot in common with... but it's like the sweetness got turned down a little bit, and everything else got turned up. This is excellent whisky!

Ries

n: apple sauce (green apple, slight tart, + cinnamon). Wet grass smouldering smoke, oak cabinet, with a lot of wine sweetness. Sea salt and butterscotch with soft citrus zest.

t: hard toffee, nice oak, and pine sap from a forest fire. Starts clean and semi-sweet with an oily clove taste and still full of green apples. The middle turns salty and smoky with all-spice and white pepper. This is like liquid Apfelstrudel. [high B+/A-]

Sku

Nose: Rasins

Palate: Sweet sherry, very light peat, nicely balanced.

Finish Sherry

Very nice.

Fuji

B/B+

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