1989 Highland Park, Orkney Malt, First Cask, 18 Year Old, 46%Vol

Nose: Fresh walnuts, caramel, huge whiffs of fresh parsley. Goes on with sultanas and crystallised oranges, flints, a little wood smoke and finally quite some grass (newly mown lawn).

Mouth: Coffee, liquorice and caramel. Add to that Seville oranges and milk chocolate and you’ll have a pretty good picture. Also quite some chestnut honey (a strong one), notes of chocolate cake, black nougat… And a rather long finish on candy sugar and notes of dark rum. Simple but very good on the palate, Good balance.