Highland Park12 Year Old Whisky

Description

TASTING NOTES

• Tasting Notes by Billy A

  • NOSE

    Salted lemons, a whiff of charcoal smoke, crunchy green apples, tropical fruit chews, unripe mango, beeswax, honey, dusty wood and fruity dark chocolate – maybe chocolate limes? It develops in the glass, picking up more fruit and slowly cutting the citrus notes.

  • PALATE

    Starts off with syrup sweetness, quickly moving on to sour and creamy wood, with more tropical chews, pineapple and smoked orange rind.

  • FINISH

    Smoky wood, malt syrup, green pine cones and woody spice.

• Tasting Notes by Gavin D Smith for Whisky Advocate

  • Highland Park 12 Year Old boasts individuality and complexity, thanks in part to the use of Orcadian peat in the distillery floor maltings and the employment of ex-sherry casks for maturation. The nose is fragrant and floral, with hints of heather and some spice. Smooth and honeyed on the palate, with citrus fruits, malt, and distinctive tones of wood smoke in the warm, lengthy, slightly peaty finish.

    90 Points

• Producer’s Tasting Notes

  • COLOUR

    Glowing amber.

  • AROMA

    Heather-honey sweetness; peaty smokiness.

  • TASTE

    Rounded smoky sweetness, full malt delivery.

  • FINISH

    Teasing, heathery, delicious.