Description
Highland Park 12 Offical Tasting Notes
Appearance: Glowing amber.
Nose: Heather-honey sweetness; peaty smokiness.
Palate: Rounded smoky sweetness; full malt delivery.
Finish: Teasing, heathery, subtle smoke. Delicious.
Take your time to appreciate the nose of Highland Park 12 and you’ll discover the characteristic honey sweetness followed by fruit – maybe pineapple, apple or pear. On the palate it is drying and leaves a gentle smokey feeling and a flavour that just keeps on going.
The Oloroso sherry casks used by Highland Park are exceptional. They deliver a fantastic sherried Scotch whisky experience that other distilleries can only dream about.
World Whiskies Awards 2012 – Best Island 12 years and under.
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Tasting Notes By Michael Jackson
Nose: Smoky, “garden bonfire” sweetness, heathery, malty, hint of sherry.
Palate: Exceptionally smooth. Succulent, with smoky dryness, heathery-honey sweetness and maltiness.
Finish: Teasing, heathery, delicious.
Comment: A beautifully balance classic islander.
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Tasting Notes By Jim Murray
Nose: One of the world’s most subtle and teasing noses: delicate wafts of smoke mingle effortlessly with sweet malt, a hint of oaky salt, apples, old polished leather and trademark heather.
Palate: Intensely malty and fresh at first, and then a lingering smoky depth adds weight. Fabulous bitter-sweet balance which pans out on the sweet side with a gentle build-up of honey.
Finish: Long, smoky with a heathers dryness and spice.
Comment: This malt changes shape slightly from vatting to vatting, with the smokiness, honey, malt and heather each having turns at domination. A 12 Years Old classic.