Tasting notes for Highland Park 12 year old

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Distillery bottling, 43% a.b.v.

Without a doubt Highland Park would rate in my top three favorite distilleries if I were to compose such a list.  The twelve year old is very smoky without being hot; in fact, it is smoky without even being peaty.  The smoke is reminiscent of something else entirely: bonfire, maybe, or a fireplace.  Incredibly rich mouthfeel.  Enormously pleasant notes of orange, honey, heather, and Drambuie-like herbalness.  Finish shows an ocean swell of saltiness, like hearing the call of the sea.  Without a doubt in the Island style and superbly delicious.  One of my favorites.

Suggested for: After dinner