Highland Park 11 Years Old Single Cask 2519 for the Netherlands 66.4% 2008

Distillerie	Highland Park
Embouteilleur	OB
Serie	Single Cask Series
Mise en bouteille pour	The Netherlands
Date de distillation	2008
Date de mise en bouteille	2020
Pays	Écosse
Région	Orkney
Age	11
Cask Type	European Oak Sherry Butt
Numéro de fût	2519
Alcohol percentage	66.4
Volume
État	dans son emballage d'origine
Étiquette	Parfait
Stock	0

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Whisky Notes (84)

Nose: a rather raisiny start, with dried apricots, stewed apples and honey. Quite some juicy fruits. After a while there are nutty notes with a hint of dusty wood, leather and increasing wood spice. Increasing rubbery notes too.
Mouth: the fruity core is still there, albeit now with a boozy attack, a slightly winey side and some tannins. Figs and cherries, with hints of golden syrup. Fruitcake. Then clove, ginger and hints of aniseed. A touch of bitter chocolate and oak char in the end.
Finish: quite long, on liquorice, more wood char, burnt nuts and leafy notes.

I couldn’t decide between a sweet wine cask (rubber tends to do that for me) or classic Oloroso. I went for the more common choice of a (over-)sherried Speysider, say a 12 year old Glenrothes. I couldn’t detect much peated spirit here, it’s all on cask char. Not a bad dram, just not very balanced. Score:

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