87
Score
Highland Park Magnus, 40%
Price: ● Issue: Winter 2017 ● Reviewer: Gavin Smith ● Category: Single Malt Scotch
Named for Highland Park Distillery's founder, Magnus Eunson. It has been matured in first-fill and refill American oak sherry casks. The nose offers honeysuckle, vanilla, rising bread dough, and faint, aromatic wood smoke. Slightly smoky orchard fruits on the early palate, with sultanas, ripe cherries, and cinnamon. Medium to long in the finish, with drying fruit notes, wood spice, and ultimately, licorice sticks. (U.S. exclusive)