Scapa
8.5

Scapa

12 Years Old

ABV 43%

Available from The Whisky Exchange

Scapa 12 Year Old / Bot.1990s Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky - £299
Buy Now

Scapa can seem a delicate whisky, but it is full of flavours, and deserves its growing following.

Michael Jackson

Specification

Scapa

Brand

12 Years Old

Expression

Single Malt

Type

12

Age (Years)

43%

ABV

Islands (Non Islay)

Region/Country

Standard (Distillery or blended)

Bottling Type

Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson

Taster

Nose: Soft. Hay, with a hint of oily chocolate and vanilla. Warm.

Palate: Smooth. Chocolate, vanilla, nuts. Very lively and appetising.

Finish: Late salt and pepper, with a hint of rooty peat.

Comment: Scapa can seem a delicate whisky, but it is full of flavours, and deserves its growing following.

Score: 8

Jim Murray

Taster

Nose: An essay in elegance with a delicate honey note attached to the malt and heather. The smokelessness and resulting lack of weight easily distinguishes it from a Highland Park, despite the honey-heather.

Palate: Immediately malty and rich with a delicious spicy tingling of old oak. The honey holds the middle and interplays with the drier oak notes and juicier malt. Wonderfully complex.

Finish: Cocoa-rich notes and biscuity maltiness makes for a quite weighty finale, and some curious smoke even wafts in from somewhere.

Comment:

Score: 9

8.5
Overall Score

From The Distillery

Related whiskies

Wonders of Whisky

Subscribe to the Whisky Magazine Newsletter to see the latest in all things whisky