Soft plump cherries, toasted walnut, crumbly pastry, brown sugar, lychee, Seville orange — luxurious depth
Stewed fruits, sweet vanilla, oak-smoked coconut, honeyed violet, warm woody spices, aniseed, rosemary
Long with classic aromatic Orkney peat smoke — heather peat at its most refined
Highland Park 25 — Orkney premium aged. Sherry + bourbon. 100/100 USC 2013. 45.7%.
Cherry and walnut nose. Stewed fruit and oak-coconut palate. Long heather peat finish. Benchmark luxury.
HP 25 earns a 9.5 — wonderfully intense yet admirably balanced at £700. Benchmark luxury Highland Park.
Joe has spent over fifteen years immersed in the whiskey industry, beginning his career at a Speyside distillery before moving into drinks journalism. As Editor-in-Chief at Whiskeyful.com, he oversees...
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