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Highland Park 1997 Vintage 12 Year Old, American & European Oak Sherry Cask, 2009, 40%
Highland Park

Highland Park 1997 Vintage 12 Year Old, American & European Oak Sherry Cask, 2009, 40%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 11
Average Score
Avg 83
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Description

Highland Park remains the most northerly whisky distillery in Scotland, although not by much, as it is little more than a stone's throw from fellow Orcadian, Scapa. Accounts of the distillery's genesis vary, and the truth is probably lost to the mists of time, but it is thought that a local farmer named David Robertson founded what we now know as Highland Park distillery in 1798, on the site of an ... This vintage Orkney Isle single malt was laid down at the Highland Park distillery in 1997, left undisturbed for 12 years and then bottled in 2009 especially for the travel market as a litre sized release.

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Whisky AuctioneerAuction Sold Price - Jun 8, 2026SGD 108.80
Whisky AuctioneerAuction Sold Price - Jun 8, 2026SGD 108.80
Whisky AuctioneerAuction Sold Price - Mar 9, 2026SGD 176.93
Region
Orkney
Age
12 Years
Vintage
1997
Bottled
2009
ABV
40%
Volume
100cl
Distillery
Highland Park
Origin
Scotland
Cask type
American Oak Sherry Cask & European Oak Sherry Cask
Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Lightly Peated
Single cask
No
Non-chill filtered
N.A
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
N.A
Batch
N.A
PPM
N.A
Barley
N.A
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
N.A
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
No
Bottle count
N.A
Has box
Yes
Closure
Driven Cork
Presentation
Tube
Series highlights
Travel Retail Exclusive
Historical context
N.A
Special release
Travel Retail Exclusive
Allocation
Travel Retail
Nose
Soft on salted farm butter, citrus like oranges and pink grapefruit, heather, vanilla, honey, and a hint of coconut. It is smokier than the standard 12 Year Old, with sweet peat, pepper, nutmeg, cinnamon, oak, orange zest, chili, mango, melon, mineral notes, brine, cooked fruit (plums, raisins), light licorice, yellow fruit, and marzipan.
Palate
Slightly smoky notes with vanilla, créme caramel, dried fruit (hazelnut, milk chocolate with hazelnut), citrus fruit nuances, crispy malt (rusks), bitter notes, and hints of red fruits. Good start with oranges, figs, prominent Orkney peaty, caramel, and coconut.
Finish
Fairly long and smoky until drying. Bitter and watery with a sugary aftertaste, burnt caramel, zest from oranges, lemon, and lime. Dry, with oak, walnut shell, malt, and red fruits.

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