Review #259: Battlehill Highland Park 18

Highland - 18 - NCF - NCA - $130 - 53.4%

I don't have much information on this.  Battlehill is Total Wine's IB lineup.  It is pretty pale so I am assuming this is ex-bourbon.  Lets see how it is.  

Color - Old Gold

Nose - Caramel, peanuts, citrus, oatmeal, vanilla, mango
Palate - Orchard fruit, peanuts

Finish - Medium - Raw oak, pepper, burnt caramel, stale peanuts

Overall - 5 - This is just disappointing to me.  The finish has not one, but two off notes with the raw oak and stale nuttiness making for one big long bitter note.  The bitter notes start to dissipate the more I drink it so it just leaves a boring sweet lemon taste.  Not a favorite for me.  

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Rating system is price influenced as it is based on my shopping decisions when buying a bottle.

10 Best in Show

9 Great Dram for Special Occasions

8 Worthy of consistent spot in my collection

7 Worth picking up a bottle if in the mood

6 I would buy a bottle if it went on sale
5.5 I really enjoyed but it will never be priced at where I would buy a bottle

5 I would drink it happily if offered

4 I would drink it if offered on the rocks

3 Maybe some soda will make this potable

2 I'll Pass

1 Toilet cleaner

Inclusive Ratings

Overall 6.1

Standard Deviation 0.92

Skew 0.66

Kurtosis -0.16