Nose is fruity, sweet. Very good complexity for the price. A sourish front-end, like dried fruit, then comes a very heavy ripe, dark fruity note, malty sweetness, then a good amount of spiciness (yumm), and from the back-back-end a vanilla note/aftertaste. Delicious, especially for something this young!! A superb single malt! Especially for the price. Not much can beat this at this price, if anything really. It goes for the amount of a more pricier blended scotch but is much better tasting (I hate the grain whiskey taste in blended whiskys). I think this is one of the best value whiskeys you can buy, period. Single malt or not. Very tasty and takes you for a ride. Most definitely recommended!