Supposedly the thee malts at the heart of this blend (the best selling blend in Scotland) are The Macallan (excellent), Highland Park (fantastic) and Glen Turret (who?). It is fair to say the advertising and marketing budgets probably have more to do with this blend's success than its malt content, but I like all three of those malts and I like the blend as well. My dad likes it too and he is the one introduced me to scotch (introduced as in he would point to it and say "Simon, this my whisky.... leave it alone").
Nose is muted and restrained, with malt and perhaps a little floral honey. The taste is honeyed and sweet with oak with a little spice. Still smooth with slightest wisp of smoke in the finish. Great balance between spirit and wood. A starter whisky, highly approachable, but complex enough to come back to from time to time and find something new.
