Found this one in Honduras at the duty free store and since I’m such a fan of Highland Park I figured I’d give this a try. The bottle is mostly empty now and I hadn’t done a review yet because I’ve had such a difficult time placing how much I enjoy it. Anyway, here it goes. Nose: Sweet, vanilla, some ginger, lemon shows up at the end. Palate: At first is some hard hitting crystal sugar sweetness. Something almost like lemongrass comes next. Holding it in my mouth for a few seconds and some bitterness from the wood comes through. Finish: That signature gentle smoke is first up. After that the finish fades rather quickly and leaves you with some bitterness from the wood, but not much. Overall this is middle of the road. Flavors that work well on a hot summer day, but given the price I was expecting more. They say around half the whiskies in the bottle are sherry aged but I never noticed anything that I typically associate with sherry wood aging. Also feel this would benefit from a higher abv, especially on the finish. I would always grab the 12yo over this one given it’s half the price and in my opinion the superior product. Sláinte!