The combination of a possible shortage of Nikka whiskey, Whiskey Vault's love for Nikka, and $4 sale overwhelmed my typical restraint for buying whiskey in this price range. The normal bottle was $70, I purchased for $66, still expensive. Before I talk about the whiskey, I do have to complement the bottle. It is elegant and beautiful, one of the best bottles I've held. The glass is an opaque blueish gray. I love the hearty screw top. Note to every other major whiskey company that they won't read, this is the type of screw top you should use on your mass-produced bottles. The nose is floral and sweet with notes of corn, it smells like a sherry finished Scotch. Incredibly pungent for 90 proof, I really like it. If you didn't pick up the wine notes on the nose, you will definitely taste it. For me, it tastes like sherry or port finished Irish whiskey with more corn grain than what you may find in Jameson. I actually think if you finish George Dickel in a sherry barrel, you may get something really similar to this. (George Dickel please pay me for this idea.) I can imagine the dusty corn being rounded out by the wine barrel quite nicely. The finish is dry, reminding me of wine-finished Scotches from the Highlands region. I honestly don't get any of the dark fruit notes I've seen in other reviews, I mainly taste honeyed corn finished with red wine barrels. Overall this is a really interesting whiskey that I've enjoyed but is certainly not worth $70. You can get wine-finished Highland Scotches for less that taste similar. I should also note, Distiller lists this as 40% when my bottle is 45%. I'm confident they're getting this wrong or Nikka dilutes it for other countries.