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

Distillery	Highland Park
Bottler	OB
Serie	Single Cask Series
Bottled for	The Netherlands
Distilled date	2008
Bottling date	2020
Country	Scotland
Region	Orkney
Age	11
Cask Type	European Oak Sherry Butt
Cask Number	2519
Alcohol percentage	66.4
Volume	0,70
Condition	In original container
Label	Perfect
Stock	0

Professional reviews

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:

BOW (90)