Highland Park 8 Year Old Macphail's Collection Gordon & Macphail

Highland Park Secret Orkney 19 Year Old 2000 Deadly Valentine for MMM

For the second release in MMM’s Artist Series Manny and I returned to Orkney. You may remember our Orkney 2002 that we released two years ago in our Antarctica Series. Well, we found a cask that, in our not so humble opinion, is even better! So we could not just leave it. On the label you’ll find another beautiful painting from Nathalie Pien with...

Score 90/100

Highland Park 18 Year Old

Always a favorite of mine. I'm also a big fan of the 12 year HP. But where the 12 year is great, this one is special. Nose: Honey, Peat, Smoke, Orange, Custard, Oak, Floral Palate: Gobs of Honey, Wood Spice, Peat (not as much as the nose), Cinnamon, Ginger, Toffee, Slightly Salty Finish: Long. Honey (imagine that), Cinnamon, Peat, a little Smoke,...

Score 94/100

Highland Park 13 Year Old 1998 Smoking Buffalo 2nd Edition

Today, I am going back into time to put two independent bottlings of Highland Park head-to-head, both from 1998. Let me start with this Smoking Buffalo 2nd Edition, in honour of AA Gent, a local football club, bottled by The Bonding Dram. The competition is also a Highland Park from 1998, bottled a year later by Single Malt Waasland, a local...

Score 87/100

Highland Park 22 Year Old 1992 The Nectar of the Daily Drams

I have had this one tucked away in my cabinet for quite a while, but today I’m going to give it a try. This Highland Park was bottled in 2016 for The Nectar’s tenth anniversary. It was distilled in 1992 and bottled at 50% Oh, what a lovely nose! Immediately sweet with loads of citrus – zest included – and fresh heather, a very mineral side and...

Score 86/100