A potent alcohol nip on the arrival betrays it's age. I've gone back and forth on this dram before settling on it being a good "daily driver" when you want to save your more spendy scotch for special occasions. Neat or in a cocktail, the Artists Blend is entirely serviceable. A good value for the price, too, at $40/750ml. Flavors tend toward apple, oak or maybe vanilla, and grapefruit for me. Also, the label is fantastic, as is all of Compass Box's graphic design. Not relavant to it's quality as a whisky, of course, but the presentation in the bottle is really rather nice.