I normally love Highland Park... but I don't know about this one. Seems slightly better than average, at best. The nose is pretty potent. Smells like this is going to be a hard hitter. The taste is dominated by a soft, rounded peat smoke. Its not intrusive. Sweetness is there, but its not as big a player as in Highland Park 12 year. Oddly enough, I taste some red fruit peeking its head through toward the middle of the taste, perhaps from the sherry cask? This one isn't too complex, unlike most of Highland Park's other offerings. Its fine, but its not great. My honest two cents? Buy a bottle of 12 year instead, its well worth it. But if you ever tasted Highland Park 12 year and thought to yourself: " Well, this is fine, but I really wish all I tasted was light peat with a background of sweetness," then this might be the whiskey for you.