Highland Park 30 Year old

Liquid Happiness!

Reviewed by
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Jason0142

Date:

22nd Aug 2012

Reviewer rating:

About this score:

The average score for this whisky is 93.

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Tasting Notes by Jason0142

Finally got the chance to try the 30yo of my favourite range in Scotch whisky, all thanks to a friend of mine and a sample bottle.

Nose: Different from the younger HP's, according to the distiller this is due to them using more refill sherry casks instead of first fill, this pulls the usually Sherry influence back. Very nice floral notes, juicy honeycomb, some fruit (mango, rockmelon, cantaloupe ect.), notes of Heather and sweet malts, lightly toasted breads, some dates and toffee, fire roasted marshmallow. Very well balanced and sweet.

Palate: thick, rich and delicious, notes of fresh toasted bread and barley, some slight citrus, thick dark honey, salted caramel, roasted bacon fat, some creamy expresso and roasted almonds, bittersweet chocolate, creamy fudge, balancing the sweetness is an undercurrent of earthiness, campfire cinders and gentle peat-smoke. So well balanced, this is a palate where you can pick out a new note on every sip.

Finish: Very long, salted caramel again, rich dark toffee, sweet toasted malts, some white tea, the creamy coffee from the palate fades away into the finish, gentle notes of campfire sewn throughout the sweetness.

And just like that I want a full size bottle of my own. One of my favourite things about Highland Park is that some whisky's can be described as 'peaty, sherryed, honeyed, Maritime, floral, malty, ect.' Highland Park seems to have found a way to embody all of these traits into their whisky and hold them together with perfect balance. Thats what makes this whisky so damn good, all the notes seem perfect together with no flavour overpowering the other. More restrained on the sherry aspect then the younger whisky's HP's range but far more complex. One of my favourite whisky's I've tried so far.

Whisky details

Distillery/Brand:

Highland Park

Bottling:

Highland Park 30 Year old

Region:

Island

ABV:

48.1%

Colour:

Highland Park 30 Year old Liquid Happiness! Reviewed on 2012-08-22T09:44:00 scoring 94/100 by Jason0142

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Comments

mattberg wrote:

I love the 21 yo at 47% .... will be buying a bottle of this 30yo very soon... nice review, thanks

11 January 2013 21:29

Jason0142 wrote:

Thanks, I loved the 21 (47.5%) as well. You definantly should try the 25yo as well, that one was great.

08 February 2013 02:39