![]() Sweet and lingering with heathery notes and subtle smoke. Highland Park 12 is neither as peaty as the whiskies from Islay nor as sweet and smooth as the whiskies from Speyside sits in the middle of the road. Rounded smoky sweetness, full malt delivery on the palate. The Highland Park 12 gets entirely better with a few drops of water as it becomes sweeter and some meaty notes appear. As everyone knows, respect has to be earned their distilling tradition, attention to detail and honesty have combined to achieve just that. Its taste saved it, because while it was also quite dull (in comparison to the HP 25 and HP 30, remember) it had shimmers of lovely fruit and licorice with the foundation of new spirit. ![]() Highland Park is arguably the most respected single malt in the world. Highland Park 12 Year Old had a dull and unimpressive nose, with malty notes that lacked any fireworks. This accolade was no fluke, as they managed to repeat the feat in 20 it was based on an unbroken tradition of whisky-making stretching back over 200 years. This approach accounts in some way for the appeal of Highland Park there is much more to how the remote site of an illicit still became The Best Spirit in the World. ![]() That’s not to say the distillery is stuck in the mud – far from it – but innovation is only used when there is a genuine benefit to the whisky not, as is often the way, a benefit to efficiency or profitability. The established attitude at Highland Park is one of custodianship rather than management, of tradition rather than novelty. Descripción Highland Park 12 años fue uno de los primeros «single malt» que me recomendó un amigo escocés en mi primera visita a Edimburgo. ![]() Highland Park is made today with the same enduring belief and integrity, to the same exacting standards, as it has been since 1798. ![]()
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