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20th September 2018 |
Review of the
new Highland Park 16 Year Old Wings Of
The Eagle travel retail exclusive
whisky.
 The
Highland Park 16 Year Old Wings Of The
Eagle sits at the heart of the new
Highland Park travel retail exclusive
range.
A combination of whiskies
matured in both sherry seasoned European
and American Oak casks, it has been
bottled at 44.5% ABV with no added
colouring. Wings Of The Eagle is
described by the distillery as being a
spicy and elegant whisky, with layers of
flavour derived from the combination of
casks which it spent 16 year maturing
in.
Priced around £79 and presented
in a 70cl bottle and packaging which
has been inspired by the distillery's
Orcadian roots and Viking ancestry,
being named for the Eagle which held
iconic status for the Vikings.
William
Morrison's Tasting Notes:
Nose:
Mature, ripe, sherried fruit, cherry and
apricot, vanilla toffee and little
heather honey and the gentlest smoke
lurking in the background.
Taste:
Honey coated apricots, raisins, vanilla
toffee, nutmeg, milk chocolate and some
oak spice.
Finish:
A medium to long finish with some apricot and peach, some lovely
lingering peppery oak spice and
marzipan, and some gentle Highland Park
smoke.
Comment:
The natural darker colour of the Wings
Of The Eagle immediately lets you know
that there is more sherry cask influence
at play here than in the other
expressions in the new Highland Park
travel retail line up.
It has a fabulous nose and it is richer,
fruitier and spicier than the two other
new Highland Park travel retail animals
(Bear & Wolf), its a pity they bottled
it in a 70cl bottle as it is the best of
the animal trio and if you can only pick
it up in the airport they should really
put it in a 1 litre bottle.
SMW Score
85/100
Look out for the new Highland
Park Travel Retail exclusive collection
next time you are passing through the
airport but if you have no plans to
travel in the near future you will find
the current Highland Park domestic core
range as well as some limited edition
releases available from specialist online whisky
retailers such as
The Whisky Exchange,
The Whisky Shop and
Master of Malt
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