Highland Park 21 Year Old (Old Bottling) Whisky

Simply amazing dram. Full bodied, flavourful sherry influence, with light peat as part of the backstory.

On opening, the dominant note was orange and dried fruit. Nice but not my favorite.

Half way through bottle, huge complexity develops. Mainly, more toffee, vanilla and butterscotch develop with air (amongst many other flavors). Well integrated, complex, could sit down with this for hours - except that it becomes very drinkable!

Side by side with HP18, I found the 18 to be more toffeed and the 21 to be more orange/dried fruit (all with a nice vegetal peaty back drop).

Might be worth splitting the bottle in half early on to hasten the oxidation (I recall the first third being disappointing for the price paid).

One of my favorites!

Tried this and the HP18. This one is clearly better; more well rounded with added complexity and depth.

Sweet, spice and with a wiff of smoke.

94/100

Highland Park continues their great line-up with their 21 y.o. This very bold yet very balanced whisky is one of my favorite daily drinkers.

I tasted this next to the 18yo with a friend and both seemed to prefer the 18. It wasn't that this one was bad, just that it didn't bring anything to the table that would've justified the price difference.

This is my favourite whisky ever, It has a fantastic nose,..toffee, cooked apple, molasses. The taste has more of the same with a gentle peat, some subtle mint and smoke. The aftertaste has more of it but a bit of tobacco.

It is just splendid.

Well worth the price

I've always been a big Islay fan. Had many Highlands and others but always come back to that Islay peatiness...then having purchased a bottle of Bunnahabain Toiteach recently I decided to get a small 3cl sample of Highland Park 21. It was so spectacularly good that I ordered the full size bottle and at £120 I think I got a bargain! In fact I would say it was the finest whisky I've ever had.
Beautifully smooth and slightly sweet 'highlandy' flavour, off set by subtle but noticeable smoke/peat. It's the balance of the whole thing that is so special in my opinion.

Nope nope nope.

This is way worse than both the 18yr and the 30yr old HP.

Taste like a white board pen.

For me, this is the finest single malt I am yet to try. Strong, smoky and sweet, the balance is perfect. Has a strong powerful finish, full of caramel tones and a hint of raisins. Has to be tried!