Was at Costco and found a few bottles of this on the shelf, nothing else there peaked my interest so went into this with a why not? That said, absolutely a wonderful product, couldn't have been more taken back by the quality of this 19yr, very smooth with a low ethanol hit that had excellent mid to upper mid tasting notes of carmel/ toffee and vanilla just as described on the box , I felt more of a dried fruit in taste as well as the nose, at $49.95 I have to go back and get more, that's a steal at that price in todays market, for what this offered.