Hmm I haven't had a great run with ancnoc so far, 18 and Blas haven't floated my boat and now this. It's got potential with sherry, vanilla, toffee, bitter cacao, slight dry fruit vegetal type flavour. I like it...but the alcohol just isn't in balance..its a drying ethanol impact. Water didn't really seem to help. All in all 3.5 - 3.75 but it could have been much better if the 2nd b in bbc (body, balance, complexity) held up. Wouldn't buy a bottle.