Highland Park 5yo

Highland Park 5yo

Official bottling
Single malt - Islands
Pale gold
43% ABV
Dram

Nose: Peat, farmyard, autumn leaves, lemon zest, lemon sweets, icing sugar, hints of tyre rubber. 
Mouthfeel: Light body, loosens, cool, airy. 
Tasting:  Sour salty. Icing sugar, leather, farmyard, tyre rubber, petrol exhaust, smoke, lemon sweets, dandelions, fresh cut grass. 
Finish: Long. Petrol exhaust, wet stones, fresh cut grass, icing sugar, peat. 

Comments: 

A very old official bottling. It’s smoky and dieselly, quite a dirty dram. Lots of flinty, grassy notes, especially on the finish. Very interesting and unusual.

Verdict:

I like this a lot.