Highland Park 16 years old 'Wings of the eagle' (travel retail)b
Very nice sherry influence HP
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Review by @galg
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- Brand: Highland Park
- Type: Scotch
- Region: Island
- ABV: 44.5%
. Wings of the eagle is aged 16 years in sherry-seasoned American and European oak casks and bottled at 44.5% ABV and priced at €90 .
Nose: Very nice start with orange peel , candied oranges as well, quite a lot of oak wood (like!), and more sweet apricot , and a touch of dried fruit, mainly fig and date, that work quite well with pine resin sort of notes in the background, as well as heather honey , and vanilla. I tried looking for some smoke, or peat but there’s almost none of that…
Palate: Good mouthfeel, with more dried fruit, vanilla and spice. Hints of Marzipan, and quite a lot of yummy oak, pepper, and nutmeg, all well-integrated indeed, a hint of bitter cocoa and peat on the end notes, which adds a nice dimension (and yes, we’re in HP land).
Finish: Cocoa ,bitter chocolate, wood and some more earthy peat.
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I can’t wait for the review of Highland Park “Blood of my Enemies” edition.
Seriously though, this sounds like a good whisky, which Highland Park is quite capable of producing in spite of all the silly Viking marketing (which I like and mock in equal measure)...