NOSE Ripe apples, smoke, spirity minerality, vanilla taffy, marzipan and some light maritime notes. Not super complex, but pleasant. There is a sweetness here I attribute more to Lagavulin than any other Islay distillery. PALATE Salted butter, dried orchard fruit, vanilla taffy, spirity minerality, toffee, iodine and a bit of candy sweetness towards the end. The palate is better than the aroma with a more pronounced sweetness kicking through this South Shore Islay Malt. FINISH Long -> Dried apples and graham fade to and ashy minerality.