Rating: 17/23 I decided I needed to review this again after using it as a benchmark in my review of Glenfarclas 28 1990 Cask Strength Sherry Hogsheads (or whatever it's called) and finding that I liked it better and could pull out more flavors than I before. N: Dry wood, spicy (cinnamon, ginger, pepper), a bit of a nectar-honey sweetness tying into a tad of robust minerals like crystalized sugar. Faint nuttiness and perhaps the tiniest hint of melon. This reminds me a bit of my Cadenhead's bottling of Tullibardine 25, but that has more robust spices, more tropical fruit (with a dash of cucumber), and a bolder, more bitter overall scent. P: More fruit than I noticed before. Sultana in with that nectar and honey flavor. There's more sweetness than I'd remembered too, though the spice (cinnamon with ginger) and dry, woody mellowness are still there as well. The minerality shows, but it adds an extra layer for the most part, rather than thinning the profile. A bit of vanilla. Some faint smoke. Really nicely balanced with a decent amount going on, but this is really going for the easy drinking category rather than the interesting, complex one. Cadenhead's Tullibardine 25 is more complex with a lot more spice, some melon, bits of other tropical fruits, and a full honey flavor, including the bitterness - all on top of a mellow spirit with plenty of wood (almost too much, actually). F: Dry wood and a bit of cinnamon with a little sultana that fades early on. Some faint vanilla richness lingering in the background. - Conclusion - I'm now starting to see why people sometimes get excited about whisky that spends a long time aging at low proof. I don't miss the higher ABV here because it's plenty full and has a nice profile. That said, I started this re-review expecting to go up to a 17 or 18, but I'm not so sure now. I'm thinking of a 16 or 17. Cadenhead's Tullibardine is better, but I gave it a 19 and I don't think the gap is that large. I might have overrated the Tullibardine though so it could actually be a 17 (it's more likely an 18 though). I think that means that this is a 16 or 17 though. The maturity and nice nectar here are growing on me - this can have a 17.