Highland Park 1993 18 Year Old Earl Haakon

Highland Park 30 Year Old 1988 Signatory Cask Strength 30th Anniversary

In 2018 Signatory Vintage celebrated their 30th anniversary and bottled some exquisite single casks – presented in a fantastic chest with glasses and certificate – of which I was able to try quite a few. One of those was this wonderful Highland Park 1988, that slept for 30 years on a cask before going into the bottle at 49.7%. Bottle? No, sir,...

Score 90/100

Highland Park Thor 16 Year Old Valhalla Collection

Nose: Ginger, leathers, grassy, campfire cinders and coal, earthy, butterscotch, caramals and dates. Palate: Well done toast with a good coating of creamy honeys, ginger and nutmeg spices, white tea, smooth earthiness, syrupy, light smooth smoke. Finish: lovely toastiness, earthy spices, creamy thick honeys, smooth smoke. Interesting, very...

Score 90/100

Highland Park 18 Year Old

For those familiar with the malty and well valued HP12, Highland Park 18 is very similar in flavor but with a higher degree of sophistication. This dram is a great example of what some additional years of "sleep" will produce from what is already a well defined brand. Try a side-by-side comparative tasting between HP12 and HP18. It's a...

Score 91/100

Highland Park 16 Year Old Twisted Tattoo

Twisted Tattoo? Seriously? What’s that all about? Anyway, the interesting thing about this HP is the fact that it matured on a combination of bourbon casks and Rioja wine casks. La Rioja is a wine region in northern Spain that takes its name from the Rio Oja. Tempranillo is the most commonly used blue grape for their red wines. As far as I know,...

Score 84/100