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The first proprietary bottling of Highland Park single malt Scotch whisky was as a 12 year old in 1979. It remains the core expression of the Highland Park range and is a
smooth, balanced single malt, with a rich full flavour and a gentle smokey finish.

Tasting notes

Colour: Glowing amber
Nose: Heather-honey sweetness; peaty smokiness
Palate: Rounded smokey sweetness; full malt delivery
Finish: Teasing, heathery, subtle smoke. Delicious

Take your time to appreciate the nose of Highland Park 12 Year Old 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.

Most recent accolades

• Double Gold at the 2005 San Francisco World Spirits Competition
• Gold Medal winner – International Spirits Challenge 2006

Press quotes

“Outstanding, frighteningly near-perfect Orcadian malt.”
Jim Murray, Malt Advocate

“A gorgeous, honeyed combination of heather root, sweet spices, fruit peel/marmalade and a drift of peat smoke. A seductive dram that mixes butter tablet, dried herbs and heather-honey, all bound together by that wispy peat smoke.”
Dave Broom, Handbook of Whisky

“Succulent, with smokey dryness, heather-honey sweetness, and maltiness. 90/100” Michael Jackson’s Malt Whisky Companion 5th Edition 2004

“The 12-year-old is already a phenomenal, potent dram, and the stuff just generally gets better and better as it gets older. Sweet, smokey, smooth and opulent, filled to bursting with spicy fruits and a long, hazily luxuriant and powerful finish, this is a magnificent whisky.”
Iain Banks, Raw Spirit

“Few malts are as complete in flavour as this remarkable Orcadian spirit. The holy trinity of malt, peat and cask come together in heathery harmony.”
Andrew Jefford, ES Magazine