Duncan Taylor Octave Highland Park 2008

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This 10 year old Highland Park has been finished for 4 months in a bespoke Sherry Octave cask. Bottled at 53.2%, a total of 98 bottles were produced with less than that coming to Canada! 

Andrew's Tasting Note

Nose: honeyed, oily and floral; tallow wax candles, bacon fat on parchment paper and briny coastal sea notes with clean smoke.

Palate: still honeyed and oily with a big backbone of vanilla-cream; bacon fat and maple syrup; malty with building clean smoke and smoked kippers; bright juicy fruits develop especially on the citrus and melon ends of the spectrum; crisp but elegant smoke.

Finish: lovely peat oils mingle with vanilla cream, silky honey and more tallow candle wax; in the back of my mind I can't let go of dipping fatting bacon in maple syrup.

Comment: this is a lovely whisky, Octave or not; classic Highland park honey with crisp clean smoke and gentle peat; this is a sweet one!

700 ml