Nose: Sea spray with a beach wood smell or as if you were sitting at a dock. Taste: chili/cinnamon spicy and pretty waxy flavored (little bit of dislike for that for me) with a couple drops of water reveals some peat which is great. Finish: very simple. Short lasting. A Hershey Kiss finish. I gave this one a 3.75 because my tastebuds found the flavor a little weaker than I was expecting but I am a very peaty scotch drinker.