I sampled this in a tasting with the 15 year old Solera Reserve and the 12 year old from the same stable and this was clearly the better dram. On the nose I got warm spices, oak, linoleum and undiluted nostalgia - I was stopped in my tracks and had a full Anton Ego flashback (damn you, limbic system!) to the house of a childhood friend. The palate was beautifully warm and smooth with a taste of toffee, raisins, orange and oak. I left it 15 minutes to open, and water doesn’t help this at all IMO. Altogether a very fine whisky and, for me this evening, liquid wistfulness. 4 stars.