I kept passing on this one because my local shop incorrectly priced it at over 200. But they finally brought it to 144 which seemed fair and of course...all but ONE box somehow got seriously damaged! So I grabbed the pristine box and pulled the trigger. Nose - hot damn, this is a mix of orchard and tropical fruits. Clean, with a hint of wax, and light spice notes. But overall this is one of the most fruity and enticing noses I've experienced from Compass Box. Honestly, it's outstanding! Taste - It arrives with these lovely honey and tropical fruit notes, turns to light spice and rich breakfast sweet pastry notes, then turns up the spice to very european type sherry oak notes before leaving a long lingering sweetness. Oddly with so many references to sherry, the color is pretty nice gold but hardly the red hues you'd expect. That said I get plenty of sherry but perfectly blended with nice classic compass box toasted oak notes. They really gave this whisky the richness and the fullness of a very old whisky while turning some youthful spice into a feature and not a flaw. 3.75 - one of my favorite Compass Box Bottles in a number of years. This is a whisky that punches well above it's weight.