What can be more classic and classy than a thirty years old Highland Park? burst with a blend of honey, or rather mead, sherry and liquorice as well as with whiffs or peat smoke. Develops more towards burnt brownies and toffee, and then we get quite some menthol and mulled wine before it returns to a more classical honeyness. It's funny how the sherry comes and goes, maybe we could call this 'echoes of sherry'. Ha, poetry! rich, fruity, assertive, with the sherry and the mint upfront and a development more on chocolate-coated orange zests, mead once again, lemon squash (unexpected in an old official HP), liquorice and a little peat once again. rather long (finish), more on smoked tea, with some pepper coming to the front and a half-honeyed, half-vinous signature.