It is taking me time to properly evaluate this dram. My first impression upon opening the bottle was "nothing special" and a slight disappointment. There was a lot of earthiness and very little rich sweet notes and complexity. My second try after a couple of days, is a little better. I read somewhere that this whiskey needs a bit of time in the bottle to fully open up. Leaving it sitting in the glass is not doing much improvement. I will probably update this once I have more time with it. Few weeks later: slight change to the better, water helps the situation.