Highland Park 12 Year
Peated Single Malt
Highland Park // Islands, Scotland
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Highland Park is renowned for the peat they use and for their exclusive use of ex-Sherry casks. The climate on the Orkney Islands is quite windy and sea swept creating a dismal environment for trees. As such, the Orcadian peat bogs have more heather, grass, and plants than those on Islay. Highland Park 12, first released in 1979, uses about 20% 1st-fill sherry casks. Name change and bottle update in 2017.
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age12 Year
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abv40.0
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Peated Single Malt100% malted barley from a single distillery. Dried with peat.
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Cask Typeex-sherry
Tasting Notes
"The sweet aroma is very inviting and draws you in closer to inspect the dram. The honey'd and vanilla fragrance takes a turn on the palate replaced by grass and pineapple. A lemon twist or two comes next with the peat smoke just teasing your senses. "
Reviewed by
Stephanie Moreno