The nose is bright, peaty and quite heavily influenced by the Bordeaux wine casks. Mild peaty tones in the mouth, more wine influence and a soft sweetness going over to some light spicy aftertaste. It is a pleasant whisky which I feel is being quite dominated by the Bordeuax casks. Looking forward to tasting a longer matured offering without any cask finishing! My mind is jumping in the direction of a strange, less briny Talisker offshoot. The color is quite something, it really has a red coppery tone to it.