Highland Park 1999-2021 | 21 Year Old Duncan Taylor Octave Cask 5029274Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky Bottled by: Duncan Taylor 70cl 55. 3% Duncan Taylor's Octave cask programme is splendidly esoteric. Take a cask of fine single malt whisky in this case Highland Park 1999 and refill it into a series of tiny Octave casks, which are made by breaking down a normal sherry cask and re coopering it into eight smaller sherry casks to give the whisky a short but intense secondary finishing period. The consequence of this is

Fresh out the casks at Gordon & MacPhail is this 1998 Macallan specially selected and bottled for their Speymalt label

waxiness and hints of fruitcake

Massively peppery

each matured in the highest quality casks selected by Gordon and MacPhail

masses of soft green fruits

very easy to drink with delicious archetypal sherried Speyside dried fruit and chocolate cake flavours balanced by the bourbon cask's spicy vanilla notes

Country Scotland Region Speyside Distilled Year 1964 Bottling Year 2010 Limited Edition Yes Bottle Size 70cl ABV 43

This 2012 small batch Old Pulteney 40-year-old matured in Spanish ex-sherry and American oak ex-bourbon casks and was an edition of just 493 bottles at its sturdy and very promising natural cask strength of 51

demerara notes and chocolate

This limited release was matured exclusively in first fill and refill oloroso casks the extra 2 years of ageing have given the whisky a noticeable difference

Country Scotland Region Lowland Distilled Year 1979 Bottling Year 2012 Age 32 Cask Type First-fill Sherry Butts Bottles Produced 1

dried fruits and winter spices mingle with caramelised brown sugar and roasted nuts