N: brown sugar, deep dark honey, toasted cereal and granola, ripe dark fruits of raisin, figs, dates, accompanied with a little apple, touch of citrus almost like candied oranges, sherry, vanilla and oak from the bourbon barrel, light hint of baking spices, rather rich overall. T: oily and fairly full, sweet dark honey, rich dark fruits come through, touch of chocolate, leather, tobacco, has a hint of dusty library, transitions to a nice ashy tobacco smoke like finish, medium peppery note, finish lingers decently but not for any exceptional amount of time. A very solid choice for a 12yr old scotch. Wouldn’t hesitate to get this again.