Tastes
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Nikka Taketsuru 17 Year Pure Malt
Blended Malt — Japan
Reviewed March 20, 2019 (edited February 9, 2021)Beautifully complex blend. There’s raisins, caramel, sea salt and a light smokiness. Not too different from a Johnnie Walker 18 or 21, but more depth, rounder and somewhat more balanced. Probably my new favorite blended whisky. 94 -
Highland Park 18 Year Viking Pride Travel Edition
Single Malt — Islands, Scotland
Reviewed March 17, 2019 (edited June 8, 2024)Rich, sweet, fruity and complex from lots of sherry aging. I was hoping for a bit more intensity than from the regular 18 because of the extra 3% but it’s almost indistinguishable. Still an excellent 95 -
Highland Park Wings of the Eagle 16 Year
Single Malt — Islands, Scotland
Reviewed March 17, 2019 (edited January 19, 2020)Rich, sweet, dark, fruity, complex - everything you’d want from a limited HP release. 95 -
Highland Park 15 Year
Single Malt — Islands, Scotland
Reviewed March 17, 2019 (edited April 22, 2019)Definitely a fruitier Highland Park, floral and lots of tropical fruit. Heathery peat also coming through. 93
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