Expert tasting notes are spot on and good value for price. For some reason avoided Chivas products for a few decades but toured the Strathisla distillery in Speyside. Very impressive and highly recommend the barrel strength tasting. All were great and brought the 18 at 40% when the barrel was much higher, maybe 55%. Are were great but not available for retail. So brought the 40% 18yr old based on barrel tasting, which is not fair... you need to tour Speyside!