Nose Chocolate and some nutmeg off the bat before the smoke develops, balanced by dried apricot, plum and, increasingly, zesty orange too.
Palate Plump dried fruits are complimented by vanilla, dried apple and waves of smoke and wood spice.
Finish Liquorice and more fruit too, plus a return of some chocolatey notes.
Overall More pronounced smoke than you’d find in a regular Highland Park, as you'd expected, but it never threatens to dominate proceedings – this is no chimney of a dram, far from it. The smoke is always balanced.