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Isle of jura prophecy review3/28/2023 What I wouldn’t give to have this at cask strength. Rich wood smoke teases, then mellows out with sweet caramel notes (and yes…this is a good thing). The delivery is unbelievably smooth and calculated. I even get a tiny hint of dill somewhere. Dusty, spicy vanilla…mild cigar…rich sweet butter…a bouquet of soft fruit and barely seen floral notes. The senses, both nose and taste, are seduced with creamy honey and rich peat smoke, before being led into the depths of this whisky. Spend some time wrapping your head around that one, but do so with a glass of this in hand. It is unconventional in how its stark simplicity is actually a deep complexity. The 30 year old is awe-inspiring.Īnd the 18? Quite simply one of the best standard expressions on the market. Highland Park has time and again flaunted its rich and beautifully aged whiskies in the face of this idiom. The finished product becomes much more delicate at this point. Though 18 years is much like the bare threshold of maturity in Western thought, it is already approaching old age when it comes to whisky. There is a fine line here, and this line is the one we expect the distiller to walk. Conversely, the natural mellowing that occurs can round out jagged edges as if the cask were a rock tumbler working a precious stone. Too many years in a ‘live’ cask can easily lead to the oak dominating the whisky. If ever there were a gateway malt, this would be it.Īge in whisky in a contentious subject. If you weren’t a believer based on Highland Park’s younger vintages, I dare you to not be moved by this one. This is unmistakably Highland Park and uncontestably smooth and sophisticated. There is a reason this one sits in so many ‘Top 5′ or ‘Top 10′ lists.
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