More peat and smoke than Dalwhinnie 15 less than Oban 14. Sherry cask influence is much less than Dalwhinnie 15. Nose is honey, pear, peat sour note and smoke, rich malt smell, vanilla, wildflower, and heather light sherry oak in the back. The longer you nose it the more the sherry fruit and wood notes do come out. It even smells thick and dense in flavor. Taste is honey, heather/floral, and fruit both the pear and dark sherry fruits that leap out of the whisky. Oils that coat the mouth, bringing the peat note and very light smoke out with it. The vanilla cream rounds out the palate with a swelling of black pepper that kicks then subsides into a sweet and oily wood note. Finish is medium with the pear fruit and honey sweetness along with the sweet oak wood note hanging around with hints of smoke and charred wood. If the price was in the 50's or money was no object this would be a daily drinker and in contention with Oban 14 for if I could only drink one highland forever.