Highland Park 16-year-old

Name: Highland Park 16-year-old
Brand: Highland Park
SKU: 114744
Rating: 85.09 (151 reviews)

Overall rating: 85.09/100
votes: 151

Whiskybase ID: WB114744
Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Highland Park
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: Wings of the Eagle
Bottled: 2018
Stated Age: 16 years old
Strength: 44.5 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml 700 ml 700 ml 700 ml
Barcode: 5010314306410
Bottled for: Travel Retail
Added on: 08 Jul 2018 11:54 am by ctu

Average value

€ 103.78

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Whisky Reviews for Highland Park 16-year-old

19 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 85.09 points

rottendon scored this whisky 82 points
15 Sep 2019 11:27 pm
All in all pretty mannered dram. The alcohol is surprisingly strong enough, but it lacks in complexity, especially considering the 16 years. Since I had better, but admittedly much worse of Highland Park in the glass.

Nose

82 82

Distinct smoke, surprisingly phenolic for HP, because the hospital is quaking! After a while, the smoke has dropped significantly. In addition, there are now floral notes, but I can not find any fruit or caramel or similar. With plenty of time and warmth, apricots and oranges are added, but very restrained. Damp forest floor.

Taste

83 83

Mild in the beginning, slightly oily, honey sweet, the alcohol pushes backwards but quite clearly. In addition then a clearly spicy component, ginger. Fruit in turn, no indication.

Finish

80 80

The finish is quite short, it warms slightly, then dries and is already gone.
Glenjasper scored this whisky 85 points
02 Feb 2019 12:56 pm
Nose

83 83

Taste

87 87

Finish

85 85
Whisky-Connaisseur did not rate this whisky
10 Sep 2018 11:33 am
This 16-year-old Highland Park has wonderful aromas of fruit, creamy honey notes, spices and heather on the nose. All in perfect balance and wrapped in fine wood smoke. On the palate, however, there is a dominant spiciness of oak and pepper, leaving little room for the filgrane fruit aromas to unfold. On the finish dry notes dominate again. A dram for the colder days of the year, but from my point of view there is no need of adding any water.

https://www.whisky-connaisseur.de/2018/09/10/highland-park-16yo-wings-of-the-eagle/

Nose

Warm and gentle smoke, nicely embedded in a sweet mix of sherry and dried fruit - mainly apricots and oranges. Creamy with honey, caramell and a floral touch, maybe heather. Round and very appealing.

Taste

Intense start on the palate. Pleasantly spicy with a warming mix of oak, cinnamon, caramelised ginger, subtle cloves and nutmeg. Juicy oranges shine through, accompanied by a whiff of heather and subtle wood smoke. Less sweet than one could have expected from the nose.

Finish

The finish is medium long, warm and dry with spiced oak, cloves and a whiff of cold smoke.

With water: Slightly fresher on the nose when adding a few drops of water. There's more juicy oranges coming through while the wood smoke is almost disappeared. On the palate, however, it becomes quite spicy with lots of dry oak, black pepper, cloves and wood smoke. The pleasant fruity notes of oranges are tamed significantly. The finish shows medium length with very dry and adstringent oak spice and cold smoke.
Koloman scored this whisky 82 points
27 Jul 2018 7:57 pm
A Highland Park, clearly marked where it came from - which was not the case with some of the more recent bottlings. The combination of light smoke and flower or heather scent is, in my opinion, what makes a typical Highland Park. And this whisky actually offers both.

Nose

Smoke, yes! Not much, but noticeable, the warm, gentle smoke of a fire fueled with dry wood. Floating above, but stronger, against the smoke easily asserting flower scent - heather? From me ... With time (and a few drops of water), fruity aromas are added: apricot, strawberry and orange. The overall impression is mature, harmonious and complex

Taste

Mild wood notes, which, if at all, only taste of smoke, fragrant and spicy honey, apricot and strawberry, with dried dates. The addition of water does not result in any noticeable change. The overall impression is tasty and stately, but not difficult or even intrusive, but of mature, almost elegant restraint.

Finish

Fruitiness and spice give a very short guest performance, smoky and woody aromas linger a bit, but really only a little longer. A few percent more alcohol would have been helpful at least at this point. In this respect, the addition of water can not improve the overall impression.
Ficelli scored this whisky 87 points
28 Mar 2021 6:54 pm
Nose

87 87

Taste

88 88

Finish

86 86
Whisky Hamster scored this whisky 86 points
22 Mar 2021 11:57 am

Suprisingly good. Maybe a tad expensive but elegant with nice abv. increase. Recommended.
rolabob scored this whisky 86 points
16 Mar 2021 6:59 pm
Nose

86 86

Taste

87 87

Finish

85 85
DeLiefhebber scored this whisky 87 points
10 Mar 2021 7:51 am
Nose

87 87

Taste

88 88

Finish

87 87
Myke scored this whisky 91 points
02 Mar 2021 11:50 am
fruity and sweet on the nose; I miss the typical HP heather note - but it doesn't always have to be there.
Where others write something of a phenolic hospital note - sorry, I don't even have the slightest bit of that.
It actually looks like a 16-year-old in the nose - sedate and voluminous with an amazing aroma of oranges and plums (mus). Wow.
Set in taste and the way to the 18 is not far anymore ... so how some people here talk / write badly ... I don't understand.
It has a complex nose and that also shows up in the taste. In all honesty: this is one of the best HPs in recent years.
I'm starting to doubt myself ... did I get another batch? They are all from 2018, so there shouldn't be such big differences (?).
And if you talk about the fact that you could use more percent, you should rethink your drinking habits, just as a hint.
[95 - 91 = great whisky -> the real good stuff]

Nose

92 92

ostensibly plum jam with juicy orange, both appear creamy and oily. In addition, acacia honey, caramel / brown sugar and fudge as a sweet component.
Other typical sherry aromas such as dried fruits of raisins, apricots, figs and dates follow, but remain more in the background and give a nice complexity.
Slight spices of cinnamon, cloves and a little herb garden with a few flowers (heather in the beginning?) Are subtly present and only sometimes stand out in the foreground.

Taste

92 92

very gentle start. Creamy-oily / viscous with a little spice from cinnamon and nutmeg. The fruit of oranges and plums are instantly present.
A ginger spice knocks briefly on the tongue, but disappears again. It becomes drier, but more spicy and dry.
Fruit aromas from the nose are all present.
Some oak appears. The HP heather note can be guessed at in the approach.
A round malt that has everything you can expect from a 16 year old.

Finish

89 89

medium to long finish of (oak) spice and fruit.
Very, very late there is a leathery / ashy note (cold campfire).
tester1277 scored this whisky 75 points
15 Jan 2021 7:41 pm
Nothing special in my opinion.
Wouldn't buy it again, because it's too expensive for what it offers.

Nose

Herbs, cool and fresh, fruity.
No smoke.

Taste

spicy, oak, the alcohol is noticeable.
Tastes like ashtray.

Finish

medium length and spicy

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