very complex. wasn't easy to identify notes. smell is toffee, very obvious. a little bit of honey, but the burnt kind that you find in french toast. then the mouthfeel is extremely oily, just like chivas 12. taste was hard to figure out, i'd say first taste matches the smell and aftertaste is somewhere in-between cocoa, dark chocolate, earthy, toasty as in burnt. not smoky or peaty, i think, just toasty and earthy, a bit oaky too.