Highland Park Dark Origins

Dark, with flavours of dark cherry, rum, and Christmas pudding.

Tobacco aftertaste. Quite creamy mouthfeel, nice and full bodied. Sherry comes through nicely.

Reaching the end of this bottle and it sounds like it has been taken out of the core range, too bad. Nose: Dried fruits, to me it is dried strawberries and cherry. I hint of that HP smoke, gentle and floral. Palate: The dried fruits continue to the palate with some vanilla and the gently heather smoke of HP. The sherry shows here but is not overpowering, for a NAS a nice blend of some old with new so the malt still makes an appearance. Nice balance. Finish: Medium. I’m happy this is higher than 40% ABV so you get a little bit of lingering finish, but nothing like a cask strength whiskey. Overall a 3.75 for me.