Tasting Notes:

Colour: full gold

Aroma: yellow plums, classic heather, chalk and other mineral notes, citrus, lime zest

Palate: waxy, oily texture, floral honey, sweet smokiness, green banana, peers and appels

Finish: leather, ginger, herbal smokiness, nice length

Tasting notes by Serge Valentin (Whiskyfun.com): 90 points

This one comes with some Viking stuff on the label, so no doubts about what it is.

Colour: straw.

Nose: a clean and smoky and coastal arrival, then whelks and green apples, then tropical fruits as jellies and as syrups. Lambswool and chalk coming out after a minute or two. With water: woold and chalk taking over, which I find very 'HP' when little to no sherry's been used. Wee whiffs of camphor, always for the better.

Mouth (neat): typically tight, chalky, salty, smoky and then fruity. Chutneys, oysters, grapefruits, all working in sync. With water: that sauvignony feeling that we enjoy so much. Pouilly-Fumé. Now careful, only two drops will be enough, it doesn't react too well to high reduction, which would flatten it.

Finish: rather long, perhaps with a little more paraffin, perhaps horseradish. Candied citrus in the aftertaste.

Comments: superb pureish Highland Park, coming with extra-points because I liked it (Ed: what? Isn't that the whole point?)