Either I’m crazy or the expert was way off if they didn’t get fruit. Nose is basically brine and fruit: pear, apricot, peach, a bit of strawberry and that Chardonnay lemon-slate smell. Palette is sweet white wine on the front then opens into a nice brine punch. Fruity finish lingering on more of a peach-pear-apple flavor. Good whisky it’s what you’re into. Not really my style though