Highland Park 54-Year-Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky

This is an excellent, delicate, refined whisky, which is not always the case with something this old. The strong tropical fruit notes that usually creep onto the palate as a single malt ages for this long are there, but that’s not the only note. The nose is almost like whisky perfume with a whiff of Cognac in the mix. The palate has notes of honey, papaya, fig, molasses, fresh raspberry, vanilla soft serve ice cream, and a touch of rose syrup. This is a collector’s bottle that you should open and drink, because after all that’s what whisky is made for. Score – 90. (Jonah Flicker, robbreport.com, Oct. 29, 2023)