Highland Park 15 år - Earl Magnus

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Highland Park 15 år - Earl Magnus
Bottled 2009, 5976 bottles

70 centiliter , Original buteljering, 52,6%
Officiell hemsida

Inköpt 2010-03-03 för SEK 950 = 13,57 kr/cl 3 st oöppnade

Mina kommentarer:
Earl Magnus är ju ett måste att ha när man heter Magnus. Lika bra att köpa 3. Min poäng: ?? p

Tasting notes från whiskyfun: Officiella tasting notes:

Highland Park 15 yo 'St Magnus Edition One' (52.6%, OB, 5,976 bottles, 2009).
As you may know, St Magnus is the name of Kirkwall's cathedral. This is no antique bottling, it’s a brand new replica bottle but the whisky inside is not intended to be a replica of these magnificent old Highland Parks (whether official or G&M) that used to bear the St Magnus label, so the Distillery isn’t following the Macallan route here (who said good news?) If you check our HP index you’ll find quite few reviews of those older St Magnus bottlings. Colour: straw. Nose: a very natural, almost ‘naked’ Highland Park, without any sherry influence but with big flinty and grassy notes at first nosing, then more yellow flowers, light honey, sour apple juice and just a little lemon. There’s quite some smoke as well, as well as a little rubber (new tyres). Hints of bacon and liquorice. With water: gets a tad farmier as often, rather smokier as well, with added whiffs of menthol. Funny how it goes back to raw barley after a moment – natural indeed. Mouth (neat): sweet, nervous, citrusy, playful, very fresh. A wee touch of paraffin, almond oil. Then quite some grapefruits and that faint smokiness that’s often to be found in ‘natural’ HPs. Butter pears. A tad austere but very good. With water: perfect ‘natural’ HP indeed (we insist! as Max Roach would say), with more honey and beautiful notes of tangerines, orange zests, wax, vanilla and fresh almonds. Finish: long, a tad bitterer now (grapefruits, lemon zests, green tea). Clean, slightly resinous aftertaste. Comments: a little rounder and more polished on the palate than on the nose, except at the finish. Flintier and less sherried (but maybe also a tad less complex) than all the old original ‘St Magnus’ I could try. The overall quality is very high, though, and there aren’t that many fully ‘naked’ official HPs in the market. Not sure about the price but if it’s fair, well…
SGP:362 - 90 points.
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Highland Park 15 år - Earl Magnus Bottled 2009, 5976 bottles	70 centiliter , Original buteljering, 52,6% Officiell hemsida
Inköpt 2010-03-03 för SEK 950 = 13,57 kr/cl	3 st oöppnade
Mina kommentarer: Earl Magnus är ju ett måste att ha när man heter Magnus. Lika bra att köpa 3.	Min poäng: ?? p
Tasting notes från whiskyfun:	Officiella tasting notes:
Highland Park 15 yo 'St Magnus Edition One' (52.6%, OB, 5,976 bottles, 2009). As you may know, St Magnus is the name of Kirkwall's cathedral. This is no antique bottling, it’s a brand new replica bottle but the whisky inside is not intended to be a replica of these magnificent old Highland Parks (whether official or G&M) that used to bear the St Magnus label, so the Distillery isn’t following the Macallan route here (who said good news?) If you check our HP index you’ll find quite few reviews of those older St Magnus bottlings. Colour: straw. Nose: a very natural, almost ‘naked’ Highland Park, without any sherry influence but with big flinty and grassy notes at first nosing, then more yellow flowers, light honey, sour apple juice and just a little lemon. There’s quite some smoke as well, as well as a little rubber (new tyres). Hints of bacon and liquorice. With water: gets a tad farmier as often, rather smokier as well, with added whiffs of menthol. Funny how it goes back to raw barley after a moment – natural indeed. Mouth (neat): sweet, nervous, citrusy, playful, very fresh. A wee touch of paraffin, almond oil. Then quite some grapefruits and that faint smokiness that’s often to be found in ‘natural’ HPs. Butter pears. A tad austere but very good. With water: perfect ‘natural’ HP indeed (we insist! as Max Roach would say), with more honey and beautiful notes of tangerines, orange zests, wax, vanilla and fresh almonds. Finish: long, a tad bitterer now (grapefruits, lemon zests, green tea). Clean, slightly resinous aftertaste. Comments: a little rounder and more polished on the palate than on the nose, except at the finish. Flintier and less sherried (but maybe also a tad less complex) than all the old original ‘St Magnus’ I could try. The overall quality is very high, though, and there aren’t that many fully ‘naked’ official HPs in the market. Not sure about the price but if it’s fair, well… SGP:362 - 90 points.	Inga