Nose: Fantastic! Strong vanilla w/ a light smoke. Almost a light burnt leather with crisp toffee and coffee bean. Palate: For being 55% it is very gentle. I got very little initial alcohol burn at all! It is smoky but not overwhelmingly so, gives room to a hot caramel and dark chocolate note. Of course my favorite part of all this was the welcome vanilla spice note that is present for the whole sip. A light smoke makes its self known as well. Finish: Hot but sweet. Unfortunately short to me; left me wishing for more as it gently lifted off the tongue. Leaving behind almost a melted vanilla ice cream taste. Maybe...marshmallow and wood spice. Conclusion: I really enjoyed it! Going down as possibly one of my favorites from Nikka. At about $65 retail if you can find this guy it’s a worth purchase! On secondary I think for this one I’d pay up to $100. Anything past that and it would depend if I had any spares left or not 🤔😜 Cheers all🥃