Highland Park - Viking Honour 12 Years Single Malt (750ml)

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Producer	Highland Park
Country	Great Britain
Region	Scotland - Orkney Islands
Style	Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Sku	1206602030
Size	750ml

In 2017 the 12 Year Old whisky was renamed Vikings Honour.

Highland Park is one of the few distilleries in Scotland to carry on the tradition of floor malting with the malted barley dried with Orkney peat, a famously heathery peat saturated by eons of salt spray. Only about 20% of the malt used to make Highland Park’s whisky is from their own maltings, the remainder is unpeated and sourced from other suppliers. While less peaty than some of their Islay counterparts the Highland Park whiskies have a noticeable peat influence. Like all other expressions the 12 Year old is aged primarily in sherry casks.

Highland Park Description

Highland Park's 12 year old may be the youngest of the portfolio, but it is in no way unexceptional. This is an ideal mixing Scotch, bringing balance, richness and a deep flavor to favorite cocktails like the Rusty Nail and Affinity. As a base expression of the lot this one is spectacular, fulfilling and a simply wonderful experience.

Tasting Notes:
Opens with the sweet and smoky fragrance of peat with notes of honey and fruit. The palate is exceptionally smooth and light, with a bright, velvet texture and a subtle smokiness, a rich malt background and delightful tones of light butterscotch. It finishes in a sweet and smooth lusciousness that is superiorly calming and slightly warming while it

Whiskey Advocate: 92 Points

Editors' Choice

A whiff of peat and a maritime breeze of salt air, seashells, and beach bonfire embers, drifting into tropical notes of lime and pineapple, as well as baked apples. Sweetness on the palate, with a dash of peat atop vanilla cream, graham cracker, milk chocolate, zesty lime, and espresso beans. Water brings out fruit notes of melon, strawberries, and red apples, and the finish settles things with a back note of cocoa and a bang of winter spice. David Fleming, Summer 2021.

Wine Enthusiast: 96-100 Points

The aromatic profile is assertive yet welcoming, sweetish yet cereal dry, and oaky yet floral and a touch briny; the quintessential 12-year-old malt bouquet. In the mouth, the integrated flavors come in waves of toasted walnut, dark caramel, toasted marshmallow and barely perceptible seaweed. P.P., 3/1/2008.

93 points

Elegant, light and pretty. This amber spirit has a light, briny vanilla scent and a silky feel. A veil of smoke rises through the Scotch (but fades out fast), leaving behind a sweet nutty, vanilla finish. Kara Newman, 12/31/2011.

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