Butter Pecan

Butter Pecan is a staple in most ice cream lines and has a generally accepted flavor and texture to it. Haagen Dazs, on the other hand, offers a much different approach. The typical elements of a Haagen Dazs ice cream, premium ingredients and smooth flavor, are there but slightly underwhelming.
Name
Butter Pecan is a common flavor and there is little room for creativity with this name. My only qualm with the name is the word "butter." It is completely deceiving based on the lack of richness.
Availability
Although Butter Pecan is a common flavor, it is not as common in the Haagen Dazs variety. I picked it up in a take-home pint from a local grocery store. It keeps fairly well as it has been sitting in my freezer for about a month and has not become icy or tough.
Flavor
High Notes
Butter Pecan did lack quite a bit on the high end but most rich flavors do so. It is composed mostly of dark, milky tones which I think is fine for a heavy flavor like Butter Pecan. The creaminess is a great complement for the pecans but does leave a lot of emptiness on the sweeter side. It is not a particularly complex flavor but there are no discernable high notes, which is unfortunate. Because pecans have a tendency to have a lingering bitterness, I feel that there needs to be some sort of sugary tatste to counter them.
Low Notes
This flavor is full of richness that stems from both the cream and the pecans. Although subtle, the cream provides a strong, overarching base for the nutty tones in the ice cream. I am incredibly disapointed by the lack of richhness in Haagen Dazs' variation of Butter Pecan. What I typically look forward to in this flavor is the powerful, sweet butter that the name promises. I understand that Haagen Dazs is a high-brow ice cream, but a lack of butteriness is unacceptable for a quality Butter Pecan ice cream. The pecans are the one redeeming quality about this flavor. They are rich, dark, and flavorful just like pecans should be. Haagen Dazs is known for its use of premium ingredients and the pecans were definitely some of the flavorful that I have ever tasted.
Texture
As usual, Haagen Dazs ice creams are smooth, creamy, and delightful. There was an even texture and flavor from top to bottom, even if the taste was unbalanced. I was also pleased with the distribution of pecans both in quantity and consistency.
Concluding Comments
Overall, Butter Pecan was bottom heavy and slow. Quite frankly Butter Pecan has no sweetness to blend with the pecans and is a one-sided, empty flavor.The Haagen Dazs' variation of this flavor can only be described as dirty and impure. The high end was nonexistent and the low tastes just left me simply wanting more. I cannot buy the "Haagen Dazs is sophisticated" argument because any truly great ice cream should include balanced flavor.