Aroma: Sweet grain; malt, hay, vanilla butter toffee; ripe pear, quince. Taste: tart, ripe pear arrival; tartness turns to malty, grainy, straw, honey, vanilla and malt sugar. Finishes with vanilla, light spice, oak, and a little alcohol and bitterness. Finish was not awesome; light dry spice, tannins, perhaps some stale casks. It sure lasted though. Overall, you could do a whole lot worse, but this is bland Speyside whisky overpriced by about $12 ($42 USD) in my market.