Highland Park 22 Year Old Runrig 2009 Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky

Highland Park 21 Year Old

I don't like it, or I don't like it as much as the rest of you. Maybe it's like seeing ac/dc or Barcelona FC in that you prepare yourself and then instead of blowing you away you just really enjoy yourself. And I did enjoy myself - i've always waited for the very bottom of the bottle in case there has been something that i'm missing. But there...

Score 84/100

Highland Park High Parkland 14 Year Old 2006 Dramfool

High Parkland? Hahahaha, that is probably the silliest reference I have ever seen to Highland Park. Dramfool – what’s in the name? – leaves nothing to the imagination on the label by depicting a Viking helmet and an axe, even though they label it an Island malt. This is a lot less subtle than simply ‘secret Orkney malt’, but of course the contents...

Score 86/100

Highland Park 8 Year Old b. 1970s

Even though this Highland Park is only 8 years old, in terms of distillation year it’s probably the oldest I have tried so far. It’s an official release from the 1970s with screwcap. It’s was the opening dram of an online tasting that was organized by Michiel Wigman, a famous Dutch connoisseur turned independent bottler. There is no peat on the...

Score 87/100

Highland Park 18 Year Old

NOSE: delicate complex nose with strawberries, cranberries and cherries, creamy, toffee, marmalade, distant note of peat. A bit herbal. With water it gets much richer and creamier. TASTE: sweet and sour, creamy sherry, berries with the peat note towards the finish. FINISH: tannins, fruity, a bit of smoke.

Score 90/100