Highland Park 21 Year Old

Seems to be a real new release !! It is much better than the 40% Vol.version with less smoke but very powerful and not that sweet like the 25 year old. I had them both to compare. Really great dram !!!! George / Germany

Had this last year in a miniature, was blown away by it, probably one of the best malts I've had full stop, glad to see HP have took this onboard and switched from 40% - 47.5% well done guys.

i picked this up duty free as a treat. kinda dull. Smokey and a little fruit. Very 2 dimensional. Maybe I got a dud bottle? I thought the 18 year old much more lively.

Just had my taste of this wonderful liquid in a HP-tasting in Finland. Very interesting in every dimension, overall close to perfect. Superb in the HP 12-25YO range. This is my favourite whisky so far and can't wait to get my hands on a bottle of this awesomeness.

Had a glass of this next to a glass of HP 18 at a tasting event and the four people in my group all thought the 18 was overall a better experience. Maybe there are better batches? It's not that there was anything wrong or off about the 21 but the 18 just trounced it.

Note: I tasted the new 47.5%AbV version. Where I am from, this sells for just under $300 a bottle. It's funny to talk about value when discussing $300 whisky but I can't help it. This is simply one of my favourite single malts of all time. Apples, pears, spearmint, and subtle sweet smoke on the nose are the first clue that this is serious stuff. On the palate there are similar notes with more heather and spices but it is the silky harmony of this whisky that turns our head. Plenty going on but nothing in particular dominates the others. A seamless whisky you could taste a dozen times and still find new reasons to love it. I found very little dilution suited this best. If you can even begin to rationalize it, bite the bullet and buy it.