Tastes

Nose: peat and almond. Leather. Taste: light peat, lemon zest, hay and almond. Leaning towards overly sweet. Butterscotch and overly ripe bananas Finish: medium long. The peat disappoints and the sweetness of bananas takes over. Vanilla and oak come last.

Nose: very slight peat and ash. Grassy, sweet baked apples. Taste: light peat, full sherry. Sweetness of honey and freshness of apples and green grapes. Vanilla Finish: peat, oak and caramel.

Nose: heavy on the sherry. Apples, honey and grapes. Taste: fresh fruits, light hay taste. Sweet apples, grapes, caramel. Vanilla. Full, sweet and fruity. Finish: not so long lasting. Starts with toffee, a ding with cherries and chocolate.

Nose: heavy sherry, also a deep smell like thawny port. Dark fruit. Taste: very sweet, bit thangy. A syrupy sweetness. Honeysuckle and blackberry. Compared to the smell, the taste is a bit less impressive and slightly unbalanced towards the sugary sweet taste. Finish: long lasting finish of honeysuckle, fudge and dark chocolate. Sweetness lasts the longest.

Nose: great deal of sherry, little metallic smell, cloves and peppercorn. Taste: sherry forward, together with black pepper and cloves. Bit caramel, and very slightly peated. Dried red fruit. Finish: long finish. Very spicy, strawberry jam and toffee.

Holy balls... It's pink Aroma: the initial smell is a mix of a fresh rose wine, strawberry jam, cranberry and vanilla. Taste: very sweet, red fruit, vanilla. Finish: caramel and dried red fruit. Great whisky.

Nose: medium peat, smoked bacon. Warm apple, grass and white grapes. Taste: smokey, malty, toffee, caramel, vanilla dried fruit. Little salty. Finish: spices, dark chocolate. Great whisky.

Nose: smoky and meaty. Stonefruit and red fruit. Sweet smell. Stewed pears. Taste: full bodied, sherry cask comes through. Caramel, vanilla, honey and well balanced spices. Finish: chocolate and tobacco, some spicyness.

Nose: lightest note of peat from all the HPs that I tried. Light fruitier note. White grapes, apple, lime. Taste: chocolate, overly oaked. Pepper. Otherwise a pretty boring experience Finish: dark chocolate and raw wood. Not a bad lightly peated whisky but I expected more considering the quality of the rest of the HP core range

Nose: more peat than the other HPs that I tasted. Aromas of sweet (stewed?) pear, some prune. Body: hay, wall but, chocolate, vanilla. Slightly burned toast. Barrel spices. Finish: smoke, pepper and dark chocolate. This whisky really opens up with a few drops of water. Highly recommended.