Product description
In recent years Highland Park has been enjoying enormous popularity; within the last decade the brand sales almost doubled and crossed 2.2 million bottles mark.
Highland Park Cask Strength was globally launched in September 2020 and it is the first full proof expression from the distillery to be included in the core range. Other cask strength expressions will follow on annual basis “each featuring unique flavor profiles.” Batch No. 4 was released in the spring of 2023. The whisky is a vatting of first-fill sherry seasoned European and American oak casks, ex-bourbon and ex-port casks, and small quantity of refill casks. Gordon Motion, Highland Park master distiller, described his lates creation as ‘Robust and Intense’.
Nose: toasted coconut, lemons, pink grapefruits, rosewater, heather honey, vanilla, toffee, cinnamon, hints of beeswax and aromatic smoke in the background.
Palate: rich, pink grapefruits, blood oranges, cherries, licorice, milk chocolate, honey, vanilla, caramel, allspice, dash of black pepper and distant whiff of smoke.
Finish: pretty long, with notes of honey, toffee, mocha, cherries, pepper, ginger, licorice, heather-rich peat and oak.