Product description
Bottle No. 57, 58 / 216
Silver Seal was founded in 2000, before it was known as Sestante, which in turn was established in 1979. Massimo Righi bought both brands in 2010, after being on search for whisky barrels to supply the label since 2008.
The expression of Highland Park presented here is part of the Silver Seal new Wildlife Collection, branded with colorful labels exhibiting images of wild animals and birds. Part of the Wildlife Collection profits is allocated for Zimbabwe Project and Rock No War program. The whisky distilled in 1985 was aged for 30 years in American oak, cask no. 372, and bottled in 2015 at 51% abv with an outrun of 216 bottles.
Nose: very elegant, wild flower honey, vanilla, white chocolate, acacia blossom, heather, traces of chamomile, apricots, cantaloupe and fading hints of smoke.
Palate: quite intriguing, lots of vanilla custard, honey, buttered toast, oranges, candied lemon peel, cinnamon, white pepper, subtle oaky dryness and traces of tobaccand peat smoke.
Finish: pretty long, honey, vanilla, hints of heather and peat.