Highland Park 12 år - 80's bottling? - OB

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Highland Park 12 år
80's bottling?, ornamental H

75 centiliter , Original buteljering, 40%
Officiell hemsida

Inköpt 2009 Oöppnad

Mina kommentarer:
Ropade in 2 olika gamla HP 12. En på 40% och en på 43% Min poäng: ?? p

Tasting notes från whiskyfun: Officiella tasting notes:

Highland Park 12 yo (43%, OB, rotation 1980, Italy)
One of the first dumpy 12 yo ’s, please note the “decorated H” (as opposed to the more recent “plain H” at the right). Colour: amber – gold. Nose: starts extremely aromatic, almost exuberant, with lots of honey, the trademark heathery notes and old sweet wine (Sauternes). Quite some Grand Marnier as well, tons of mirabelle plum jam, dried apricots, baklava, butter croissants. What’s more, some very fine oaky tones give it an enjoyable structure. Hints of old books and antiques shop as well as orange zests (sangria?) that give it added complexity. Classy, very classy. Mouth: lots of power and presence at such ‘low’ strength, starting on quite some rubber and pepper mixed with orange marmalade plus something slightly metallic. Burnt cake. Certainly wilder and rawer than on the nose. Notes of kirsch, brandy, caramel, quite some cinnamon and cloves… Kind of a dirtiness that, oddly, make it interesting. The finish is very long but maybe a tad drying and, again, a little ‘dirty’, with a little salt and maybe traces of peat. But the nose was that great that it’s impossible to give this one less than 90 points. More body and more oomph that in the current versions (and thanks Olivier).
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Highland Park 12 år 80's bottling?, ornamental H	75 centiliter , Original buteljering, 40% Officiell hemsida
Inköpt 2009	Oöppnad
Mina kommentarer: Ropade in 2 olika gamla HP 12. En på 40% och en på 43%	Min poäng: ?? p
Tasting notes från whiskyfun:	Officiella tasting notes:
Highland Park 12 yo (43%, OB, rotation 1980, Italy) One of the first dumpy 12 yo ’s, please note the “decorated H” (as opposed to the more recent “plain H” at the right). Colour: amber – gold. Nose: starts extremely aromatic, almost exuberant, with lots of honey, the trademark heathery notes and old sweet wine (Sauternes). Quite some Grand Marnier as well, tons of mirabelle plum jam, dried apricots, baklava, butter croissants. What’s more, some very fine oaky tones give it an enjoyable structure. Hints of old books and antiques shop as well as orange zests (sangria?) that give it added complexity. Classy, very classy. Mouth: lots of power and presence at such ‘low’ strength, starting on quite some rubber and pepper mixed with orange marmalade plus something slightly metallic. Burnt cake. Certainly wilder and rawer than on the nose. Notes of kirsch, brandy, caramel, quite some cinnamon and cloves… Kind of a dirtiness that, oddly, make it interesting. The finish is very long but maybe a tad drying and, again, a little ‘dirty’, with a little salt and maybe traces of peat. But the nose was that great that it’s impossible to give this one less than 90 points. More body and more oomph that in the current versions (and thanks Olivier).	Inga