A Yellow Spot review has been a long time in the making. I've done the standard Green Spot, as well as the two experimental wine cask variants. Reviewing this one is the natural next step. It's well-respected, and comes with the reputation as one of Ireland's great jewels. Looking forward to it. Nose: Vanilla, milk chocolate, butterscotch, caramel, and toffee. Coconut, walnut, and roasted almond. Shortbread cookie and some vanilla frosting sweetness. Apple, plum, grape, and apricot. Mango and pineapple. It's an amazingly rich nose, rounded out with oak and some baking spice. Palate: Apple, mango, pineapple, honeydew, and orange. Raisin and grape. Caramel, toffee, shortbread cookie, and dark chocolate/ vanilla ice cream cake. There's a slight prickle of cinnamon and a healthy dose of oak. Finish: Apple, plum, orange, honeydew, pineapple, mango. Roasted almond and walnut. Coconut flakes. Vanilla, caramel, milk chocolate, and shortbread cookie. Black pepper, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, and oak. Moderate-long finish, with respectable heat for a 46%'er. This whiskey was better than I could have hoped for, even if I consider the hype. This is a fantastic line of whiskey. The standard Green Spot brings some tropical and exotic notes to the Irish whiskey profile. The two wine cask variants add amazing depth and what can only be described as fruit-forward power. The Yellow Spot fits neatly in between both descriptions, with the added bonus of a few extra years of aging. This is amazing, start to finish. It's ground-breaking within the Irish category and is of such high quality that I'd recommend it as a must try for a fan of any type of whisk(e)y. For reference, I grabbed for this for $97, on sale down from $105. At anywhere near $100, I consider this a must buy. Kudos to Irish Distillers; they've done a fine job at maintaining one of Ireland's historic offerings. 5/5.