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Score

Highland Park 25 year old, 46%

Price: 900 Issue: Fall 2023 Reviewer: Jonny McCormick Category: Single Malt Scotch

A beautifully fragrant dram, intensely honeyed, with sunflower seeds, coconut cupcakes, and vanilla buttercream frosting, fruity sherry notes of cherry, summer berries, orange peel, zesty lemon and lime, aniseed, and ashy smoke. Its flavors are fresh and bright, bursting with citrus peel, sweet orange, lemon zest, and warm honey, leading into spiced orange, sweet berries, apricot, toffee, and milk chocolate, with a lengthy finish of smoke and peppery spice.