Tasted side by side with standard Laphroaig 10. I actually found the nose a bit tricky, I had to do some digging. But every once in a while it does jump out to bite you! I actually prefer the standard 10 nose in all honesty which I found more vanilla forward… The taste however turns the brine up a notch. Much bigger mouth feel that’s for sure! When going back to the 10 it almost tastes muted. Really knocks it down a peg…