After The Glenlivet, in our Scotland tour, we went to Cardhu, famous distillery of Helen Cummings, a true whisky legend. It is also the spiritual home of Johnnie Walker, and it has been refurbished completely after the pandemic. After a very pompous distillery tour, we ended at the tasting table to grab 6 expressions, but we were left alone by the distillery tour guide, who wasn't too eager to teach us about the whiskies that they were offering us. Well, leaving that aside, the first whisky we had was the Cardhu "Amber Rock", bottled at 40%abv and finished in ex bourbon casks. On the nose, pretty fruity. Pears, honey, vanilla. Sider. Apple juice, pear juice. Honey aroma has intensified after a couple of sips On the palate, it starts with a pear peel. Pepper, salt and honey. It is like a pear bathed in vanilla syrup. Aftertaste is very, very simple but truly enjoyable. It has two notes, but they are delivered wonderfully. Hay and tobaccco. Simple but good. Overall, for a 50 dollar whisky, this one is fairly good. I am not a super fond fan of Cardhu, but this one passes the test. Not overly complex and really fruity. My score for it is 86 over 100.