Diageo's Winter's Colorant

Nose.
Ground duck nose... 1975 Ardbeg without the funny smokey stuff...
Midnight stroll to the barber shop... Epic, yet discrete... Haribo...

Palate.
Bam in your face... Classic 1494 Friar John Corr stuff... Bees
collectibles... Horse... Bounty bar... Ardbeg stuff... Nectarines...

Finish.
Medium... Superior black pepper... Oysters on saffron truffles
omelette... Fanta... Caramelized comfrey... Deep-fried granola
(really.)...

Avid Diageo employee...
This is NAS and all...
probably has some 4 year olds disliking it... definitely has some 25+
marketing people behind it... instant whisky...

Nose. Unpeated Ardbeg (that citrus)... Fresh... Old leather... Gentle but big and wide... Morning trip to the florist... Ground duck liver... Apple pie...

Palate. Bam in your face... Classic old style... Honey... Leather... Cocoa... Hints of smoke... Nectarines...

Finish. Medium... Glorious peppercorn... Salmon... Orange concentrate... Candied yam... Fried tofu (really.)...

Avid Scotch fan...
This is NAS and all... probably has some 4 year... definitely has some 25+... instant classic...

Lots of honey and heather. Likewise, wood and grain. With pineapple, mango and honeydew melon on the nose.
Exactly what you would expect from a "mild Highlander".
No complexity, but that's not expected of him either. On the tongue there is a little spice and it becomes more vanilla and more lemony.
The finish is a bit dry and bitter.
But a nice summer dram.

[May, 2017]  Another one of this newish NAS whiskies many distilleries introduced over the last years simply to mask that they have a serious cask quality problem (due to the whisky boom there are not enough high quality bourbon or sherry casks available so the distilleries have to use virgin oak casks in addition AND reduce the maturation times in quality casks to use the same cask more often).

And exactly this drives the quality of the resulting malts drastically towards the south.  More bitter virgin oakiness, unbalanced profiles and immature spirits combine to rather unpleasant drams (compared to the older standard editions).   And due to the whisky boom they can sell this stuff for even higher prices - scary to see how a whole industry bites the hands that feed them...  Never Accept Stupid marketing!