Need a new go-to bottle? The Highland Park 12-Year-Old remains one of the gold-standard malts for other distillery bottlings to aspire to. With a delicious sweetness (heather-honey is their preferred description) and a warming, silky mouthfeel, this is a whisky that never lets you down.

Spirit Type: Scotch Whisky

Country: Scotland

ABV: 40%

Bottle size: 70cl 

Description: 

Highland Park 12-Year-Old remains one of the gold-standard malts for other distillery bottlings to aspire to. With a delicious sweetness (heather-honey is their preferred description) and a warming, silky mouthfeel, this is a whisky that never lets you down. 

It has aged for 12 years in oak casks and uses the unique spring water of the island of Orkney. Intensely malty and fresh at first, and then the lingering smoky depth adds weight, outstanding bitter-sweet balance which pans out on the sweet side with a gentle build-up of honey.

Highland Park shares their pride, integrity, and fierce independence. They distill their award-winning whisky to the same exacting standards introduced in 1798 by Magnus Eunson, a descendant of those early Viking settlers.

The primary flavors are heather honey, rich fruitcake, winter spices, Seville oranges, and aromatic smoky peat.

Try tasting Highland Park 12-year-old Viking Honour with a haunch of venison, chocolate ginger biscuits, soft cheeses such as French Brie, and even Japanese sushi and wasabi.

This whisky has won a silver in Hong Kong IWSC consecutively three times from 2018 to 2020. It also received a silver in International Wine and Spirit Competition in 2021.