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Highland Park 8 Year Old / Bot.1970s Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Highland Park 8 Year Old / Bot.1970s Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky

8 /10
EDITOR
8.0 /10
COMMUNITY (6)
Type: Single Malt
Age: 8 Year Old
ABV: 40%
Price: £850.00

Highland Park 8 Year Old / Bot.1970s Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky is a Single Malt whisky. ABV: 40%. Age: 8 Year Old. Our expert rating is 8/10. community average is 8.0/10 from 6 reviews.

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Expert Review

8/10

A 1970s bottling of Highland Park 8 Year Old that offers a genuine window into Orkney's past — young in age but rich in provenance, and irreplaceable in the truest sense.

Joe Whitfield
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Community Reviews

6 reviews
Natasha Volkov VIPsAllowed — Beautiful but hard to justify the price
7/10

I split a dram of this at a tasting event and it was lovely — soft heather smoke, orange peel, a bit of beeswax on the nose. Drinking it neat you get this old-school island character that modern HPs just don't have anymore. But £900 for an 8 year old is steep no matter how old the bottle is. I'd buy it at half that without blinking.

31 March 2026
Tyler Bennet VIPsAllowed — Beautiful but hard to justify the price
7/10

I split a dram of this at a tasting event and it was lovely — soft heather smoke, orange peel, a bit of beeswax on the nose. Drinking it neat you get this old-school island character that modern HPs just don't have anymore. But £900 for an 8 year old is steep no matter how old the bottle is. I'd buy it at half that without blinking.

31 March 2026
Priya Sharma VIPsAllowed — Beautiful but hard to justify the price
7/10

I split a dram of this at a tasting event and it was lovely — soft heather smoke, orange peel, a bit of beeswax on the nose. Drinking it neat you get this old-school island character that modern HPs just don't have anymore. But £900 for an 8 year old is steep no matter how old the bottle is. I'd buy it at half that without blinking.

31 March 2026
Luna Chavez VIPsAllowed — A proper time capsule
9/10

Got this as a birthday gift and honestly it's unlike any modern Highland Park I've tried. The sherry influence is so well integrated — dried fruit, a touch of peat smoke, and this gorgeous honeyed sweetness that just lingers. At 40% it's gentle but there's real depth here. Worth every penny if you're into vintage bottles.

13 December 2025
Clara Johansson VIPsAllowed — A proper time capsule
9/10

Got this as a birthday gift and honestly it's unlike any modern Highland Park I've tried. The sherry influence is so well integrated — dried fruit, a touch of peat smoke, and this gorgeous honeyed sweetness that just lingers. At 40% it's gentle but there's real depth here. Worth every penny if you're into vintage bottles.

13 December 2025
Gianluca Ferro VIPsAllowed — A proper time capsule
9/10

Got this as a birthday gift and honestly it's unlike any modern Highland Park I've tried. The sherry influence is so well integrated — dried fruit, a touch of peat smoke, and this gorgeous honeyed sweetness that just lingers. At 40% it's gentle but there's real depth here. Worth every penny if you're into vintage bottles.

13 December 2025
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