Nose - Smoke, little medicinal. Can smell the oak a little. Matches the taste nicely. Color - fairly light considering it is 40% Taste - Malty, smoke is less intense than on nose, mid finish is weak, and then lingers for quite a while. Some spice on the early mid palette to mid-late palette. Doesn't coat your tongue with peat, but whispers to it a bit. Appreciate that there is very little sweetness in this whisky and leans towards being briney instead. Like a sea breeze on the shores of Scotland when the sun refuses to but peek its head out past the clouds that move quickly and are low lying. Mouth feel - Slightly astringent. Little spicy. Overall a really lovely whisky for the price that hits a lot of what i look for in a more peaty whisky. I much prefer the medicinal tastes to some of the bbq like smoke you'll get at times. More complex than i would have thought for a 10 year. I dig this whisky, and am excited to explore more than my ant sized bottle.