Jose-Massu-Espinel
Highland Park Svein
Single Malt — Islands, Scotland
Reviewed
September 18, 2021 (edited September 19, 2021)
Another expression from the travel retail "Warrior Series", this Highland Park tells the story of Sveinn Asleifarson, a pirate and mercenary viking who was powerful and known to be fair, while he raided the hebridean isles of Scotland.
Bottled at 40%abv, tawny color.
On the nose it is very nice, with earthy peaty notes. Burnt hay, horse stable, cigarrettes, ashtray, vanilla, burnt brownie crest. After the first sip, the aroma changed into burnt popcorn.
The palate is cold, that i did not expect. Very herbal and medicinal; some citric notes rise after a couple of seconds. Pepper. A second sip felt like i dropped ice on the dram, it is very cold!. Vanilla ice cream.
Aftertaste was very simple. Dry and grassy. Burnt grass, hay and sulphuric notes.
Overall, i think this is an interesting, yet normal whisky. The cold feeling on the palate was very appealing, i really like finding this kind of notes on my whiskies. My score for it is 84 over 100.
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