Nose - pear, honey, malty cereal grain, stale fungal notes, stale bread, sour apple, floral notes, light peach, lemon pith, mild to moderate ethanol burn. Taste - sour apple, pear, lemon rind, floral tea, grainy malt, stale bread, banana, bitter oak, moderate to high alcohol bite, finishing fast and thin with bright, young alcohol, sour fruit, and bitter citrus pith flavors. There’s really nothing good going on here. It tastes young, bitter, sour, and stale all at the same time. It’s a step up from the Grangestone sherry cask finish and some of the Canadian dogs I’ve endured, but that’s not saying very much. I’d rate this about on par with JW Red, but I think the Johnnie is a bit better. And I’m just seeing that this is close to $50 a bottle near me, more than double the JW. Wow, this is a contender for worst value liquor I’ve reviewed. In the $50 price range, I’d recommend just about any other blended scotch, or some really solid single malts. Thank you to @ContemplativeFox for providing the sample. It’s just as useful to learn what you don’t like as it is what you do.