3 Highland Parks

Highland Park, Secret Treasures, 16 yrs, 44%, Single Cask, bottle 298 of 342.
Color: Dark gold. Nose: Heather, caramel, orange-marmelade, very old sherry, quite nice actually. Taste: Fresh start, a bit spicy, some pepper, orange marmelade again, heather, honey, liquorice. Quite bold and sweet, warming. Aftertaste: Very long and complex with spices, sherrywood, some creamy smoke in the background. Score: 89. Remarks: The best HP I have tasted. Bottle is empty now, will be hard to find one again...


Highland Park, Alchemist, 15 yrs, 46%.
Color: White wine. Nose: Flowers, heather, leaves of fall, farmyardy. Taste: Again a complex HP, smoky, salty with some sherrywood, slightly spicy, nutty, sweet, very warming indeed. Aftertaste: Medium long with some liquorice, sweet sherry and slightly smoky. Pleasantly sweet. Score: 82. Remarks: Good newcomer!


Highland Park, 18 yrs, OB, 43%.
Color: Dark gold. Nose: Sherry, caramel, the cheap ones, a box of chocolates, musty, heather but more bold this time, sour-sweet liquorice. More musty on the nose then the other two. Not my cup of tea... Taste: Develops on sour sweet liquorice, caramel, lemon-peel, green apples, some pepper and again musty and dusty. Aftertaste: Long but too much sweet-sour for my tastebuds. Perhaps a one-off bad cask that was used for this one? Or I do not like HP's that are older then 16 yrs... Score: 78. Remarks: I should buy another bottle and re-rate it again, just to be sure.

Glenrothes Vintage 1992

Glenrothes Vintage 1992, 12 yrs, 43%
Color: White wine. Nose: Heather, honey, biscuits with marmelade, fruity, plum-compote, red berries.Taste: Plums, sweet berries, warm dark fruits, some salt as well, a bit spicy with some nice liquorice. Aftertaste: Medium aftertaste with liquorice, fruity, some sherrynotes, grassy and fresh. Sweet soft caramels and some oakiness as well. Score: 83. Remarks: A nice Glenrothes, subtle and sweet.

Jura 10 + Jura Special Edition

Isle of Jura 10 yrs, 40%, 2007
Color: Gold. Nose: Malty, wet plants, earthy, heathery, rope, porridge.Taste: Malty, some salt, smoky but sweet, liquorice, creamy, some sherry influences as well... Aftertaste: A long aftertaste. Sweet and creamy, some sherry again with liquorice and some smoke in the background. Nice one. Better then the Juras of some years ago.Score: 85. Remarks: Still one of my favorite every-day-drams.

Isle of Jura Special Edition, 43%
Color: Light gold. Nose: A bit more Oomph, boldness with some oily influences, gasoline, sherry, overall a bit dusty and musty. Taste: Sour, a bit unpleasant, clearly oranges, a wif of smoky and overall very sweet. Cheap nougat, some clove in there as well. Quite typical to taste that... Aftertaste: Short with clove and a bittersweet finale, brown sugar, caramel and fudge. Not the Jura I was expecting. What do you mean "Special Edition"?Score: 78. Remarks: Not my kind of dram, sorry.