Highland Park 12-year-old

Overall rating: 81.92/100
votes: 1458

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Highland Park
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Stated Age: 12 years old
Strength: 40.0 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Barcode: 5010314570101
Added on: 07 Jul 2007 10:00 pm

Average value

€ 39.03

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Whisky Reviews for Highland Park 12-year-old

245 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 81.92 points

Slàinte Mhath scored this whisky 86 points
07 May 2017 7:19 pm
Considered as great all-rounder, Highland Park 12 combines distinctive features of Speyside, Highland and Islay whiskies. The nose has a complex range and is well-balanced. Sweet caramel and honey notes are complemented by delicate bonfire smoke and hints of sherry cask maturation. Tastewise, it starts sweet with full-bodied maltiness before turning dry, spicy and mildly peaty in the prolonged finish - a unique feature of Highland Park. Altogether, a quality Single Malt which would benefit from no chill-filtration and a higher bottling strength.

RATING: 3.9/5.0 stars ≙ 86 pts → FIRST-CLASS [-]

Nose

87 87

Taste

86 86

Finish

84 84
Misery scored this whisky 84 points
10 Mar 2019 8:46 am

`Highland Park 12/40%`
The aroma of honeycomb, crust of white bread, vanilla, very little smoke, black pepper and herbs. Bright juicy pineapple is on the palate, smoke is slightly enhanced, then gives way to malt, citrus, lemon, orange with vanilla. In the aftertaste in the language remains honey sweet flavored with smoke, caramel shades with a small bit of pepper.

Very nice whisky. The first 5 minutes slightly fuzzy nose, but then passes completely. For a long time I tried to make out which citruses were on the palate, and then suddenly came the pineapple (not ripe, but sour, such as it is sold here), and now just pineapple is on the palate. It is interesting seasoned with smoke, that taste, that aftertaste. Pitko, fresh, tasty.
`Score 84`
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Monte Gehro scored this whisky 81 points
20 Jan 2018 9:06 pm
Tastes and is suitable as an everyday dram, without me particularly excited.

Nose

Overall, rather light nose: minimal smoke, floral and tart herbs, yellow fruit from pear and peach, caramel, at times significantly alcohol for the 40%.

Taste

Mild and sweet-sour, pear, caramel, sour citrus, hints of chocolate. The smoke is no longer felt.

Finish

Pleasant and warm-spicy, but not particularly long, the sweet and fruity aromas soon disappear.
EinSpatzUnterVielen scored this whisky 86 points
25 Aug 2017 9:57 pm
He has never tasted as good as he has today. Much (and especially dark chocolate) aroma, longer finish than usual, the citrus fruits come out nice ... either I taste today more than usual from the HP12 - or he has evolved in the meanwhile half empty bottle but a lot ... like whatever - today: beautiful malt, I like it!

Nose

Oranges, orange blossom, clover, heather, honey, vanilla, milk chocolate, fine smoke

Taste

fruity-sweet with lemon, grapefruit, orange and much dark chocolate sauce, honey, nougat, sweetish herbs, fine smoke, vanilla, light ginger, oatmeal cookies

Finish

medium long, oatmeal cookies with dark chocolate coating, vanilla, clover sweetness, smoke, orange
HammerHead scored this whisky 84 points
05 Apr 2016 10:12 pm
Nose: some dry peat smoke, heather honey, sultana raisins, salted caramel.

Taste: medium bodied, fruity sweetness, some subtle smoke, honey, malty, dried fruits, a mild tea note and some peppery wood spices.

Finish is of medium length with some smoke, light spicyness and some oak wood.

Nose

86 86

Taste

85 85

Finish

82 82
ishi scored this whisky 82 points
05 Jun 2019 8:07 am

Fruity floral, slightly watery, sour in aftertaste
EnjoyLife89 scored this whisky 87 points
27 Mar 2019 9:25 pm
Nose

Fruit; Honey; Sweet; Malt; Herbs; Pagan; nut
For me it smells very fruity, followed by a malt and herbal note. Behind it a touch of heather and nut

Taste

Sweet first, then spicy. Vanilla and malt show up, then a touch and nut and the oak is spreading. It gets slightly dry and a little bitter in the mouth. After that, the nut gets stronger

Finish

first fruit, then oak, which turns the taste into bitter. Then comes a small note of delicate smoke, which brings some nut with it. Then herbs again and a touch of heather.
Andreas W. scored this whisky 70 points
19 Mar 2019 11:40 pm
Nose

77 77

Taste

68 68

Finish

65 65
schengel10 scored this whisky 77 points
15 Mar 2019 10:37 pm
The perfect "all-rounder", a malt that is ideal for beginners is always cheap available. Top price-performance ratio;
[Color] amber;

Nose

Sweetness (honey), yellow fruits, (sherry note), herbs, fine smoke;

Taste

soft onset, noticeable smoke, honey, sherry, fruity, malty, spicy oak, harmoniously rounded;

Finish

mid-length fruity finish; in the finish wood, oak;
thatcher2000 scored this whisky 81 points
03 Mar 2019 9:50 pm
Nose

83 83

Taste

80 80

Finish

81 81

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