Nose - raisin, chocolate malt, vanilla, nutmeg, vanilla, apple, apricot, orange, light sulphur, moderate ethanol burn. Taste - raisin, lemon pith, orange zest, dark chocolate, ginger, apple, allspice, nutmeg, vanilla, coffee, cola, black cherry, moderate alcohol bite, finishing medium length with raisin, citrus, and baking spice flavors. Since this one has been a recent topic of conversation here, I figured I needed to thrown in my two cents from way back here in the peanut gallery. Wow, one whiff of this let’s you know there’s PX involved. There might be more PX than whiskey in this dram. This is like filling a bathtub with Sunmaid raisins, leaving it to fester for a month, and then diving in and rolling around. There’s also chocolate, baking spices, and something meaty which I’m interpreting as sulphur. Although it might just be a dried apricot note; I confuse the two sometimes. The palate is punchy and bright. The preponderance of PX downplays the youthfulness a bit, but it’s still there. More raisins, bitter citrus, chocolate, and coffee are in the mix as well. The finish is middling with those dark flavors lingering reasonably nicely. So I don’t hate this, but I don’t love it either. I like a good PX bomb as much as the next guy, but the balance is off here. I have an Edradour 11 Year that’s a total PX bomb as well, but the base distillate seems to stand up better to the dominant sherry influence than this one does. The bigger issue here is the youth and citrusy bitterness that pervades the palate. Still, it’s better than average for me and a really cool one to have the opportunity to try. A big thank you to @PBMichiganWolverine for providing the sample!