I've been gone from this platform for a bit. I notice sometimes when people I follow disappear for a time, and I do wonder where they went. For me, the break wasn't a break from whiskey, though I periodically take those. It was just a break from feeling the need to review everything I was tasting. Sometimes it gets tiring, doesn't it? Feeling like you have to file a report every time you taste something new rather than just enjoying it? Well, I have the impulse to write a review tonight, as this the Teeling Wonders of Wood Swedish Oak is one of 9 bottles my wife brought back from a trip to Ireland with her brother that she took back in July. I was doing a dry month then, and I stayed home with our 2 kids, so the 9 bottles were kind of a reward for not making a fuss about her going and leaving me saddled with our rug rats. She and her brother visited several distilleries including Teeling, Bushmills, and Middleton. She asked what I wanted and sent pictures of what they had, and my choices were all either distillery exclusives or difficult to find around our area. At that time, we had the Portuguese Oak available but not the Swedish, though I believe Swedish Oak is more widely available (I also had her pick me up the Cask Strength Black Pitts from Teeling, so there will be a review of that at some point in the not too distant futur). With that said, we had our final pours of this Swedish Oak tonight in the Waterford rocks glasses she also purchased over there (these she had shipped rather than carrying them, as she did with the 9 bottles in her luggage...one heck a feat if you ask me and proof positive that the woman loves me), and I've enjoyed the bottle thoroughly. It reminds me of Green Spot Chateau Leoville but it's a bit better (we tasted both side-by-side soon after opening this). The first word that springs to mind with this whiskey is creamy. The nose is full of bright vanilla and citrus, more orange than lemony. The palate is bright with floral honey notes, reminiscent of Dalwhinnie 15 Year scotch, but a bit heightened due to the proof here being higher, and the finish mingles the orange creamsicle profile with a bit of pepper. Overall, one of the best Irish whiskies I've had and one that makes me interested in purchasing the Portuguese Oak before supplies run out in my neck of the woods. Highly recommended.