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Highland Park The Dark 17 Year Old

Scotch Single Malt Islands
Age
17 years
ABV
52.9%
Introduced
2019
Flavour Fingerprint
Malt Light Fruit Citrus Floral Herbal Spice Sweet Dark Fruit Nutty Earth Maritime Smoke / Peat

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Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.

Tasting

How it drinks

Sight
Very deep mahogany amber, among the darkest Highland Park expressions; rich and opulent from 100% first-fill sherry casks
Nose
Rich, dark, and intensely sherried. Dried fruit (fig, date, prune), dark chocolate, and deep oloroso sherry. Heather honey and aromatic peat smoke intertwined with old leather, treacle, and bitter orange. The sherry dominance pushes Highland Park into Macallan territory — but the peat smoke always distinguishes it
Palate
Full-bodied and powerful at 52.9%. Intensely rich dried fruit, dark chocolate, and deep oloroso sherry. Heather honey sweetness balanced against bold aromatic peat smoke. Treacle toffee, bitter orange, old leather, and mature oak. Rich, dark, and complex — the sherried extreme of Highland Park's spectrum. The interplay of deep sherry and peaty smoke creates extraordinary depth
Finish
Long, rich, and dark finish. Deep sherry fruit and dark chocolate persist with aromatic peat smoke, old leather, and mature oak. The higher strength extends the finish with power and warmth. A darker, bolder Highland Park for sherry lovers

Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.

Maturation

The wood it came through

  • Sherry seasoned European oak casks — 100% first-fill oloroso sherry

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