Highland Park Leif Eriksson

Color: gold.

Nose: malted barley and a whiff of peat, with just a little something crisp like apples on a bed of light caramel sweetness.

Body: light.

Palate: grainy, nutty, and woody. A little dull.

Finish: sweet, short, and drying.

Bought this in the Moscow airport at the same time as the delicious Macallan Select Oak and found this one to be a big disappointment. I've only had the HP 12, but this has none of its distinctive charm. I rarely reach for this, and whenever I do, I immediately regret it. It isn't that this is a bad whisky -- it tastes perfectly fine. It's just kind of indistinct. I forget it as soon as it is gone.

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