sweet nose like slightly melted butter. pretty, smooth, nice long finish that you can linger and think about. Smokey elements Left on the tongue. no burn, no complications, gold tin seems appropriate, Dewar's did alright on this one. not sure if I'd recommend this or scratched cask as Dewar's finest achievement. there's a little left in my bottle for an A/B comparison, I will let you folks know when I can finally compare the two. I guess that will determine which gets 5 stars and which gets 4. I would assume the scratched cask so I'll leave this as a 4 for now....