Sunday, November 17, 2013

Review #35: Highland Park 12yr, OB, 43%


this is the 12yr.

here is a picture that I found really helpful:



it is from The Malt Desk, here. (That whole post is good.) As you can see, the 12yr has only 15-20% of first fill sherry casks in the mix. I believe it is also 3 yrs younger than the 15yr and 4 yrs younger than the 16yy (which doesn't even exist, but if it did, it would be 4yrs older, more or less.)



really nice, room-filling nose: apples, typical heathery peat, minerals, and sweet sherry fruit (prunes and baked pears). a little rubberiness, but no big deal.

sweet but a little watery on the palate, and the rubber comes to the front. it holds up pretty well, but there's not a whole lot going on.

the finish is better, with candied fruit and nice heathery smoke. not super long.

really well-made dram that knows what it is and does it well. at a higher strength and without the recent price increases, it would be quite lovable.

score: 82




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