Another undisclosed Highland Park – the name can’t be mentioned and apparently the underlying idea is “when a single cask is good people praise the bottler, when the cask is bad people blame the distillery”.

Orkney single malt 13 yo 2004 (50,5%, Whisky-Fässle 2017, sherry cask)

Nose: subtle sherry, in the sense that the cask brings a sweet, almost syrupy fruitiness (peaches on syrup, golden raisins) but no darker notes. Baked apples, oranges and heather honey. Also wet branches and coastal notes. Good. Mouth: oily texture, with the same sweetness (oranges, lemonade, peaches) but also a firmer, slightly...