Opened the sample of this after working in the yard in the (finally) warming sun. I was planning to sample another but I inadvertently opened this sample. Maybe that was good thing? The nose is faint, extremely faint, almost undetectable. Some floral and honey and granola can be found, but you need to put the work in to find almost anything (at least for me). Starting out on the left foot by making me work for aromas (a good nose really makes the experience much more enjoyable) the whisky arrived extremely lightweight. Slight honey sweetness with vanilla and caramel. A touch of smoke is detectable. After the brief sweetness, the palate gets a zing of young hotness of white pepper. All this leads to a short finish of light brown sugar, wood, cinnamon with a last bit of zing of fresh ginger root. This was a uninspiring, non-dynamic whisky. It finds a middle of the road but in doing so, finds itself lost in the crowd. Mediocre and average. The good thing….this leaves hopes for the sample I wanted to have. Pranay, thank you for the sample. [Dry Glass: could not detect anything][82/100][Tasted: 4/9/17]