Nose: a whisper of peat, honey, buttery-sweet notes rather reminiscent of shortbread Palate: sweet, buttery vanilla with a slightly salty edge, mixed with some toasted cereal notes and a small dose of peat Finish: medium, salty-sweet and buttery, with the peat making a final appearance before quickly disappearing. I also get inexplicable notes of black olive that might be due to an alteration of the whisky rather than represent an actual feature. This whisky has a satisfying, more-ish quality that in my opinion is its best feature (and that led me to give it 4 stars instead of 3); it's not amazingly complex, but it's so, so nice to drink, and at the end of the day isn't it what this is all about? A whisky for these rainy days when nothing goes your way and you just need a good pick-me-up.